Fantastic
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Also, nickname for Fantastic Adventures, a prozine.
| From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959 |
| Properly should mean "pertaining to fantasy", but its connotations have made it seem to indicate irresponsible flights of fantasy, causing fans to object to such names as Ziff Davis' Fantastic, even tho it is appropriate in that case. In fact, we object to Ziff Davis' Fantastic period. |
| From Fancyclopedia 1, ca. 1944 |
| Properly should mean merely pertaining to "fantasy", but its connotations in general language have made it seem to indicate irresponsible flites of fancy, causing fans to object to such a name as Fantastic Adventures, even tho it is appropriate in the case. In fact, we object to Fantastic Adventures period. |
| Fanspeak |
| This is a fanspeak page. Please extend it by adding information about when and by whom it was coined, whether it’s still in use, etc. |
