a science fiction fan, esp. one regarded as non-serious, or devoted more to fandom than to science fiction itself; cf. sercon adj.
Also faaan.
That machine is nothing to scare a great big faan like you.
I am a faaan.
The noisy teen-aged fan with the helicopter beanie and collection of BNF autographs…[is] called a faaan.
A fan, or to give him his full title, a ‘sercon fan’, is serious and constructive, whereas a ‘faan’ contributes chiefly his presence and a taste for signed copies.
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