[Ads-l] Antedating of "Trekkie" (Star Trek Fan) in OED and Historical DIctionary of Science Fiction

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Nov 22 00:30:32 UTC 2023


Trekkie (OED 1969)

1968 _Plak-Tow_#8 in Thom Shubilla _Primetime 1966-67_ (2002) 78  I'd wanted to make it clear I wasn't just a trekkie in love with Spock.

Fred Shapiro

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