"there's a saying"

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Wed Sep 22 17:44:45 UTC 2004


On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 01:40:16PM -0400, Mark A. Mandel wrote:
> Jim Landau wrote (And I also forgot to attribute to him the comment I was
> responding to in my previous post.):
> >>>>>
>
>
> >  The Fannish Mind (wasRe: Mike Myers and Judy Myers Halloween ...
> >  ... understanding. There's a saying: FIAWOL (Fandom Is A Way Of Life); I
> > think that true in a lot of areas beyond science fiction itself. ...
> >  talk.politics.animals - Nov 16, 1999 by Rat & Swan
>
> Incredibly, FIAWOL cannot be found in "Science Fiction Citations for the
> OED", URL http://www.jessesword.com/SF/sf_fan.shtml
>
>  <<<<<
>
> Do they have FIJAGH "fandom is just a goddam hobby"?

No.

In either case, feel free to e-mail the maintainers to suggest it....

Jesse Sheidlower
OED



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