Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Mid-century: TV and science ·1940
Fanzine
fan magazine
- Meaning
- An amateur-published magazine written by and for fans of a subject.
- Source words
- fan + magazine
- Coined by
- Russ Chauvenet
- Year
- 1940
Background
Coined in *Detours* #8 by sci-fi fan Russ Chauvenet to distinguish amateur zines from professional "prozines." The pattern later gave us "grrrlzine" and "ezine."
Mid-century: TV and science
Two engines dominated: television (sitcom, televangelist) and post-war big science (pulsar, transistor). Many mid-century coinages came from scientific style sheets and industry journals.
Two words, one coinage.
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