"fanspeak" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæn.spiːk/
enPR: fănspēk Etymology: From fan + -speak, modeled after Newspeak. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fan|speak}} fan + -speak Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fanspeak (uncountable)
  1. (informal) The jargon used by science fiction fans. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fanspeak-en-noun-2flFMZo3 Categories (other): Fandom, Jargon Disambiguation of Fandom: 56 44 Disambiguation of Jargon: 53 47
  2. (by extension, informal) The jargon used by fans of any genre of fiction or popular culture in general. Tags: broadly, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fanspeak-en-noun-rDgpT~DX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -speak, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Jargon Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -speak: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Jargon: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: geekspeak, nerdspeak
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