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157 relations: Acronym, Adam Earnheardt, Amateur press association, American English, Anime and manga fandom, Ariana Grande, Arsenal F.C., Athlete, Bar (establishment), Beatlemania, Big Name Fan, Billboard (magazine), Board game, Book, Boxing, British English, Celebrity, Celebrity worship syndrome, Cheering, Chris von der Ahe, Chuck Lorre Productions, Collectible card game, Cult of personality, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Delusion, Doctor Who, Doctor Who fandom, Dungeons & Dragons, Eminem, Enthusiasm, Eustress, Fan activism, Fan art, Fan club, Fan convention, Fan fiction, Fan labor, Fan mail, Fan studies, Fanaticism, Fandom, Fansite, Fanspeak, Fanzine, Filk music, Film, Flaming (Internet), Frank Zappa, Furry fandom, G.I. Joe, ... Expand index (107 more) »
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Acronym
An acronym is an abbreviation of a phrase that usually consists of the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation.
Adam Earnheardt
Adam Christopher Earnheardt is an American academic and author, sports and communication researcher, and social media critic.
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Amateur press association
An amateur press association (APA) is a group of people who produce individual pages or zines that are sent to a Central Mailer for collation and distribution to all members of the group.
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American English
American English (AmE), sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States.
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Anime and manga fandom
The anime and manga fandom is a worldwide community of fans of anime and manga.
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Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
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Arsenal F.C.
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Holloway, North London, England.
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Athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance.
Bar (establishment)
A bar, also known as a saloon, a tavern or tippling house, or sometimes as a pub or club, is an establishment retail business that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages such as mineral water and soft drinks.
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Beatlemania
Beatlemania was the fanaticism surrounding the English rock band the Beatles from 1963 to 1966.
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Big Name Fan
Among science fiction and fantasy, comic book, and media fans, a Big Name Fan (BNF) is a member of a fandom who is particularly well-known and celebrated for their writings in fanzines, semi-professional magazines and (more recently) blogs; or for other contributions such as art and (in some communities) fanfiction. Fan (person) and Big Name Fan are fandom.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Board game
Board games are tabletop games that typically use.
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Book
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images.
Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.
British English
British English is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain.
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Celebrity
Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media.
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Celebrity worship syndrome
Celebrity worship syndrome (CWS) or celebrity obsession disorder (COD) is an obsessive addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of a celebrity's personal and professional life. Fan (person) and celebrity worship syndrome are fandom.
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Cheering
Cheering involves the uttering or making of sounds and may be used to encourage, excite to action, indicate approval or welcome.
Chris von der Ahe
Christian Friedrich (or Frederick) Wilhelm von der Ahe (October 7, 1851 – June 5, 1913) was a German-American entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the St.
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Chuck Lorre Productions
Chuck Lorre Productions is an American television production company founded in January 2000 by producer Chuck Lorre, best known for producing the television series Dharma & Greg (1997–2002), Two and a Half Men (2003–2015), The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), Mike & Molly (2010–2016), Mom (2013–2021), Young Sheldon (2017–2024), Bob Hearts Abishola (2019–2024), B Positive (2020–2022), and United States of Al (2021–2022).
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Collectible card game
A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards.
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Cult of personality
A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader,Mudde, Cas and Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira (2017) Populism: A Very Short Introduction.
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Cynthia Plaster Caster
Cynthia Plaster Caster (born Cynthia Dorothy Albritton; May 24, 1947 – April 21, 2022) was an American visual artist and self-described "recovering groupie" who gained fame for creating plaster casts of celebrities' erect penises.
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Delusion
A delusion is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.
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Doctor Who fandom
Doctor Who fans in Britain have had a formally recognised organisation – the Doctor Who Appreciation Society (or DWAS) – since the late 1970s.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
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Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper, music producer and songwriter.
Enthusiasm
In modern usage, enthusiasm refers to intense enjoyment, interest, or approval expressed by a person.
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Eustress
The term eustress means "beneficial stress"—either psychological, physical (e.g., exercise), or biochemical/radiological (hormesis).
Fan activism
Fan activism is the efforts of a fan community to raise awareness of social concerns or otherwise support the ideals expressed by objects of the fandom. Fan (person) and fan activism are fandom.
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Fan art
Fan art or fanart is artwork created by fans of a work of fiction and derived from a series character or other aspect of that work.
Fan club
A fan club is an organized group of fans, generally of a celebrity.
Fan convention
A fan convention (also known as a con or fan meeting) is an event in which fans of a particular topic gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other.
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Fan fiction
Fan fiction or fanfiction, also known as fan fic, fanfic, fic or FF, is fiction written in an amateur capacity by fans as a form of fan labor, unauthorized by, but based on, an existing work of fiction. Fan (person) and fan fiction are fandom.
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Fan labor
Fan labor, also called fan works, are the creative activities engaged in by fans, primarily those of various media properties or musical groups. Fan (person) and fan labor are fandom.
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Fan mail
Fan mail is mail sent to a public figure, especially a celebrity, by their admirers or "fans". Fan (person) and Fan mail are fandom.
Fan studies
Fan studies is an academic discipline that analyses fans, fandoms, fan cultures and fan activities, including fanworks. Fan (person) and fan studies are fandom.
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Fanaticism
Fanaticism (from the Latin adverb fānāticē) is a belief or behavior involving uncritical zeal or an obsessive enthusiasm. Fan (person) and Fanaticism are fandom.
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Fandom
A fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of camaraderie with others who share a common interest.
Fansite
A fansite, fan site, fan blog or fan page is a website created and maintained by a fan or devotee about a celebrity, thing, or particular cultural phenomenon. Fan (person) and fansite are fandom.
Fanspeak
Fanspeak is the slang or jargon current in science fiction and fantasy fandom, especially those terms in use among readers and writers of science fiction fanzines.
Fanzine
A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.
Filk music
Filk music is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fandom and a type of fan labor.
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Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Flaming (Internet)
Flaming, also known as roasting, is the act of posting insults, often including profanity or other offensive language, on the internet.
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Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.
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Furry fandom
The furry fandom is a subculture interested in anthropomorphic animal characters. Fan (person) and furry fandom are fandom.
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G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe is an American media franchise and a line of action figures owned and produced by the toy company Hasbro.
Game
A game is a structured type of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool.
Gamergate (harassment campaign)
Gamergate or GamerGate (GG) was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture.
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Geek
The word geek is a slang term originally used to describe eccentric or non-mainstream people; in current use, the word typically connotes an expert or enthusiast obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit.
Genre
Genre (kind, sort) is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time.
Glossary of professional wrestling terms
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence.
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GQ
GQ (which stands for Gentlemen's Quarterly and is also known Apparel Arts) is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931.
Groupie
A groupie is a fan of a particular musical group who follows the band around while they are on tour or who attends as many of their public appearances as possible, with the hope of meeting them.
Guitar pick
A guitar pick (American English) is a plectrum used for guitars.
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Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
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Hatred
Hatred or hate is an intense negative emotional response towards certain people, things or ideas, usually related to opposition or revulsion toward something.
Hooliganism
Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying and vandalism, often in connection with crowds at sporting events.
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Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members.
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Human bonding
Human bonding is the process of development of a close interpersonal relationship between two or more people.
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I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie is a 1987 memoir by former groupie Pamela Des Barres.
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Internet meme
An Internet meme, or simply meme, is a cultural item (such as an idea, behaviour, or style) that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms.
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Jackson Katz
Jackson T. Katz (born May 7, 1960) is an American educator, filmmaker, and author.
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Jessie J
Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988), known professionally as Jessie J, is an English singer and songwriter.
Kayfabe
In professional wrestling, kayfabe is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged.
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer and actress.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Lenny Kaye
Lenny Kaye (né Kusikoff; born December 27, 1946) is an American guitarist, composer, and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group, led by vocalist and poet Patti Smith.
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Letter to the editor
A letter to the editor (LTE) is a letter sent to a publication about an issue of concern to the reader.
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Lifestyle (social sciences)
Lifestyle is the interests, opinions, behaviours, and behavioural orientations of an individual, group, or culture.
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List of fandom names
Many fandoms in popular culture have their own names that distinguish them from other fan communities. Fan (person) and List of fandom names are fandom.
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Lorde
Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter.
Lynn R. Kahle
Lynn R. Kahle (born 1950) is an American consumer psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business.
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Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Male bonding
In ethology and social science, male bonding or male friendship is the formation of close personal relationships, and patterns of friendship or cooperation between males.
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Maria Petri
Maria Petri (1 March 1939 – 22 July 2022) was an English Arsenal supporter.
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Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California.
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English–American writer, particularly of science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction.
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Miniature wargaming
Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield.
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Movie star
A movie star (also known as a film star or cinema star) is an actor who is famous for their starring, or leading, roles in movies.
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MTV
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.
Murray State University
Murray State University (MSU) is a public university in Murray, Kentucky, in the Southern United States.
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Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated television series based on Hasbro's My Little Pony franchise.
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is an animated children's television series produced by Hasbro that ran from 2010 to 2019 as part of the My Little Pony toy franchise.
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Nerd
A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted, or lacking social skills.
Nick Jonas
Nicholas Jerry Jonas (born September 16, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actor.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by English writer George Orwell.
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Noun
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas.
One Direction
One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Pamela Des Barres
Pamela Des Barres (born Pamela Ann Miller; September 9, 1948) is an American rock and roll groupie, writer, musician, and actress.
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Parasocial interaction
Parasocial interaction (PSI) refers to a kind of psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their mediated encounters with performers in the mass media, particularly on television and on online platforms.
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Playbill
Playbill is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers.
Political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections.
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Politician
A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.
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Politics
Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.
Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.
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Psychologist
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior.
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Public figure
A public figure is a person who has achieved fame, prominence or notoriety within a society, whether through achievement, luck, action, or in some cases through no purposeful action of their own.
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Pun
A pun, also known as a paranomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals.
Rambo (franchise)
Rambo is an American media franchise centered on a series of action films featuring John J. Rambo.
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Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.
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Rebecca Schaeffer
Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer (November 6, 1967 – July 18, 1989) was an American actress and model.
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Rent (musical)
Rent (stylized in all caps) is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.
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Role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Sasaeng fan
A sasaeng or sasaeng fan is the South Korean term for an obsessive fan who acts in ways that invade the privacy of Korean idols, drama actors, or other public figures in the entertainment industry. Fan (person) and sasaeng fan are fandom.
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Scam
A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust.
Science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
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Science fiction convention
Science fiction conventions are gatherings of fans of the speculative fiction genre, science fiction.
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Science fiction fandom
Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community or fandom of people interested in science fiction in contact with one another based upon that interest.
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Science fiction film
Science fiction (or sci-fi or SF) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies.
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Science fiction magazine
A science fiction magazine is a publication that offers primarily science fiction, either in a hard-copy periodical format or on the Internet.
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Science fiction on television
Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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Science-fiction fanzine
A science-fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science-fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day.
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Social media
Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.
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Social network
A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors.
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Social relation
A social relation is the fundamental unit of analysis within the social sciences, and describes any voluntary or involuntary interpersonal relationship between two or more individuals within and/or between groups.
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Society for Creative Anachronism
The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century.
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Sport
Sport is a form of physical activity or game.
Sports team
A sports team is a group of individuals who play a team sport together.
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Stadium
A stadium (stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.
Stalking
Stalking is unwanted and/or repeated surveillance or contact by an individual or group toward another person.
Stan (song)
"Stan" is a song by American rapper Eminem, with vocals sampled from the opening lines of British singer Dido's song "Thank You".
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Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.
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Swifties
Swifties are the fandom of the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
Tailgation
Tailgation is shorthand for “Tailgate Nation.” Tailgations are communities of sports fans who congregate in the parking lots of football stadiums before games.
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Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Teen idol
A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan base.
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Temple
A temple (from the Latin templum) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.
The Atlantic
The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers and head writers on the series, along with Steven Molaro.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe.
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The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, written by Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd and produced by Hurd.
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Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund
The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund, often known as TAFF, is a crowdfunding project created in 1953 for the purpose of providing funds to bring well-known and popular members of science fiction fandom familiar to fans on both sides of the ocean, across the Atlantic.
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Trekkie
A Trekkie (A portmanteau of "Trek" and "Junkie") or Trekker is a fan of the Star Trek franchise, or of specific television series or films within that franchise.
Trina Robbins
Trina Robbins (Perlson; August 17, 1938 – April 10, 2024) was an American cartoonist.
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Tumblr
Tumblr (pronounced "tumbler") is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by American company Automattic.
Tyler, the Creator
Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and fashion designer.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
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Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is an American rock band formed in New York City in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records.
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Verb
A verb is a word (part of speech) that in syntax generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand).
Viacom (2005–2019)
The second phase of Viacom Inc. (or; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television.
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Video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
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Warner Bros. Television Studios
Warner Bros.
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Worldcon
Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention.
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio, United States.
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Also known as Adoring fan, Aficianado, Aficionado, Aficionados, FANGIRL, Fan (aficionado), Fan (enthusiast), Fan boi, Fanatics (aficionado), Fanboi, Fanboy, Fanboy/fangirl, Fanboyism, Fanboys, Fanery (fanboy/fangir), Fanery (fanboy/fangirl), Fangirling, Fangirls, Music fan, Sports fan, Stan (fan), Stan (person), The Fans.