"confan" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995 May 30, Moshe Feder, “Re: TAFF T-Shirts”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <D9Dpzt.569@dorsai.org>",
          "text": "Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble.",
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          "ref": "2004, Arnie Katz, The Science Fiction League of Extraordinary Fuggheads, page 14",
          "text": "\"Ah, Meyer, you forget that we are in confan country,\" he said with less enthusiasm than I'd expected. \"Some of these people dream about situations like this. A con in trouble. An intrepid confan rises to the occasion, takes over the con and saves the day. It's a File 770 front pager.\"",
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