Sekirov Dictionary

gafiate

/ˈɡæfiˌeɪt/

verb 2
/ˈɡæfiˌɪt/ noun 1
forms 3

verb2

•
(slang) To drop out of fandom community activities, with the implication of "getting a life".
- QUANDRY (Hoffwoman) The famous fanzine published by Lee Hoffman of Savannah Ga. before she gafiated for the first time. — 1959
•
(slang, old-fashioned) To leave the mundane world and enter the science fiction fandom community.
- She gafiated the moment she first picked up a pulp magazine.

gafiate

/ˈɡæfiˌɪt/

noun1

•
(slang, old-fashioned) A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community.
- Westlake's piece is so reminiscent of the old days of fandom, when no gafiate felt he had actually departed until he had alienated everybody on his mailing list. — 1962

forms

gafiated · gafiating · gafiates

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