Definitions by rich brown
blog
Before it became an internet word, blog was a very strong drink of indeterminate recipe invented by sf fans, worse even than their Nuclear Fizz; like Monty Python’s Australian “fighting” wine, it is generally believed that blog is best left in the bottle so it can be used for hitting people over the head with.
blog by rich brown August 11, 2004
deadwood
In science fiction fandom, someone who joins an amateur press associaton, pays dues but does not contribute and thus receives a full year’s mailings without providing input or feedback. Alternatively, someone who remains a member of an apa by paying dues and meeting only the absolute minimum activity requirements, usually badly and at the last minute.
deadwood by rich brown August 11, 2004
crottled greeps
A term used in science fiction fandom, implicitly a foodstuff, which derives from (1) “crottles,” the curved lines in cartoons indicating that a character is falling over backwards and (2) “grippe” (influenza) as spelled by the English and pronounced by the French. It is said that crottled greeps are to food what blog is to drink; many fans have presented their ideas of what the true recipe for both must be, even though the Geneva Convention expressly describes the transmission of the true recipes of either by any means as a Crime Against Humanity.
crottled greeps by rich brown August 11, 2004
afficionado
afficionado by rich brown August 11, 2004
akicif
Acronym used among sf fans for All Knowledge Is Contained In Fandom. The prase is tongue-in-cheek, of course, and was originally a little less egalitarian in that it was rendered as All Knowledge Is Contained In Fanzines.
akicif by rich brown August 11, 2004
bydcomz
An sf fan apa term, the letter "M" being underlined, being an acronym for "But You Didn't Comment On My Zine! (so I'm not going to comment on yours)". The parenthetical comment is implied.
bydcomz by rich brown August 11, 2004