filk v.
among science fiction and fantasy fans: to write or perform filk songs
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1978
I could have filked all night.
I Could Have Filked All Night 33/3 -
1991 Fantasy Spring 50/3
I also go to cons occasionally, where I can be found filking late into the night.
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1991
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They'd be filking about it for generations.
Fallen Angels 74 -
2015
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โAna? Since itโs my last night here, I was wondering if maybe youโd like to...โ โTo what?โ โWanna filk?โ [...] Everyone is singing. Zak tells me that โfilkingโ is kind of a folk song circle, an old con tradition. And though I donโt recognize a single tune, every person here knows all the lyrics. Of course.
Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak 235
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Added to the OED in March 2002. Earliest cite in the OED: 1991.
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