"unfannish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌʌn.ˈfæn.ɪʃ/ Forms: more unfannish [comparative], most unfannish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ænɪʃ Etymology: From un- + fannish. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|fannish}} un- + fannish Head templates: {{en-adj}} unfannish (comparative more unfannish, superlative most unfannish)
  1. Not fannish. Categories (topical): Fandom
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          "text": "I want to see the BNF anyway, so that I can get a new beanie. You know that beanies protect the fannish headbone from unfannish thoughts ... well, my beanie is so worn out that I'm afraid I'll turn into a non-fan if I don't look out.",
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          "ref": "1995 November 17, Ulrika, “Re: TAFF 1996”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <48j0sb$f4u@newsbf02.news.aol.com>:",
          "text": "What, like the Croydon lot who run a Fannishness contest not unlike the Purity Tests? Well, tupp 'em all, I say. Besides, in some ways it would be *dreadfully* unfannish to stand for TAFF without ever having pubbed your ish. I think that ought to gain you a lot of points for creativity in your unfannishness.",
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          "text": "Compare Paul's review with Anthony Brown's piece on 'The Claws of Axos' run by DWB exactly a year earlier. Paul's review seems rather elliptical and unfannish whereas Anthony's - a real passionate hatchet job, also drawing on the fan-background of the period - is much more fan-traditionalist and analytical in approach, while still expressing unexpectedly radical viewpoints about Pertwee's sacred cow stories.",
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