slanhood
/ˈslænhʊd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Because the central character in the story [Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt] was a youth in unsympathetic surroundings, and because of the obvious similarities to fans' dreams of greatness, the unserious claim to slanhood has become the Third Fandom parallel to the Second Fandom's half-serious Star-Begotten claims."
- "In the specific focus of providing a reference who can verify your tenured slanhood to the administrators, let's set the record straight and let's get very real and very clear about something here."
- "This sense of difference was summed up in the well-known fan slogan that serves as an epigraph to this section, "Fans are slans." The Fancyclopedia describes the importance of this notion of "slanhood": [...]"
- "Believe you me, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth amongst the other members of the class. But I happily wallowed in my slanhood."
Etymology
From slan (“fan of science fiction”) + -hood (suffix denoting a condition or state of being). Slan is from the title of the science fiction novel Slan (1940) by Canadian-born author A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000), about persecuted – yet physically, mentally and morally superior – telepathic mutant humans.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈslænhʊd/
- British English: /ˈslænhʊd/
Usage
Phrases
fans are slans
slan center