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apan¹

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From APA (“amateur press association”) + -n (“of or pertaining to”).

noun apans · APAn

  1. slang A member of an amateur press association. The greatest apan of all time lives on a quiet old street rising above Hagerstown, Maryland.

    Similar: apahack

APAn²

noun APAns

  1. alternative Alternative form of apan The 19-year-old fresh-faced kid in the Browncoat costume talking about Harry Turtledove in the consuite is every bit as much a fan as the APAn cranking a mimeograph and pondering the right and wrong of the Breendoggle.

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MLA

"apan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/apan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

apan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/apan

Chicago

"apan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/apan.

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@misc{apan_2026,
  title = {apan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}