neo

[Jeff Prucher]

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> From: "Jeff Prucher"
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> "Neo" in fannish usage refers specifically to a neofan
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> My grannie told me that the proper form of useage in this context was "fen".
>
> But then, she always swore that LRon knew her father.

"Fen" is just a plural of "fan" (by analogy with "men" and "man"). It
doesn't convey any notions of neo-hood. The plural of "neofan", FWIW,
is "neofen".

Jeff

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