Of "Squee" and "Guh"
Mar. 17th, 2004 09:19 amor, More Mental Meanderings related to process
(top-of-the-head, pre-caffeinated mental wanderings ahead; you have been warned)
While the above subject line might lead one to think I was pondering the concept of feedback, in fact I am not. Though that might be a topic for another time (
gnomi files under "to ponder later"). Today I am wondering about vocabulary and the words/phrases that:
(a) have been created by fandom for fandom (and I'm talking not just about online or fanfic fandoms here. "Fanac," "SMOF," and "Fanzine" apply under these criteria)
and/or
(b) are used cross-fandom (see the subject line for two such examples)
I'd love to hear examples. I'm a sucker for neologisms.
(top-of-the-head, pre-caffeinated mental wanderings ahead; you have been warned)
While the above subject line might lead one to think I was pondering the concept of feedback, in fact I am not. Though that might be a topic for another time (
(a) have been created by fandom for fandom (and I'm talking not just about online or fanfic fandoms here. "Fanac," "SMOF," and "Fanzine" apply under these criteria)
and/or
(b) are used cross-fandom (see the subject line for two such examples)
I'd love to hear examples. I'm a sucker for neologisms.