English

Noun

zinefan ‎(plural zinefans or zinefen)

1. (fandom slang, sometimes pejorative) A science fiction fan primarily interested in fanzines.
   • 1991 May 6, Richard Harter, “Re: Query about Sixth Fandom”, in alt.fandom.misc, Usenet, message-ID <446@smds.UUCP>:

     Confan: Who cares about fanzines; cons are where the action is.
     Zinefan: Yeah, well when the history of fandom is written, we will write it.
     Confan: Yeah, but nobody will read it.

   • 1995 May 30, Moshe Feder, “Re: TAFF T-Shirts”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom, Usenet, message-ID <D9Dpzt.569@dorsai.org>:

     Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble.

   • 2009 April, Cameron, R. Graeme, “Letters of Comment”, in WCSFAzine, volume 3, number 3 (whole number #19), page 48:

     I’d love to see a complete list of active zinefen, find out how many there are.

Usage notes

Where a person is specified as a zinefan it is often in opposition to being a confan (fan of conventions) within science fiction fandom.