congoing

The action or hobby of attending a convention.

Noun

  1. The action or hobby of attending a convention.
    • The gathering (brainstormed by John Newman) that marked the postwar revival of congoing in England. - 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Whitcon:
    • Over that time, the demographic of congoing has evolved, and many longer running cons have had to adapt. - 1998 July 16, Andre Lieven, “Re: Why cons SHOULD NOT cost so much”, in alt.fandom.cons (Usenet), message-ID...
    • The rest of it is very good and I wish I had had something of the sort available when I started congoing thirty years ago... ulp. - 2005 December, Joseph T. Major, “The Fanivore”, in File 770, number 146, page 25:

Origin

Blend of convention + going.

Verb

  1. Alternative form of congaing.
    • He screams, and they all join hands to hips and congo line around the cabin. As they are congoing, Moose puts his keys on a shelf that is located downstage left. - 2001, Doodlebug, →ISBN, page 304:
    • If you can picture the scene: you've got people behind the bar breaking into where the spirits are, handing out free spirits and fags; you've got somebody else in the DJ bit handing out George Michael CDs to people,...