trufan

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trufan

/ˈtɹuˌfæn/

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From tru- (“true, genuine”) + fan. The irregular plural is derived from fen, itself formed in analogy with men and women.

noun trufans · trufen · truefan

slang A very active and dedicated fan, particularly of science fiction. On either side of him were numerous parks and gardens, great and small, and of varying types of beauty, and in them walked shining, godlike figures whom he knew to be Trufans.
Similar: megafan, stan, superfan, uberfan

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@misc{trufan_2026,
  title = {trufan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trufan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}