faned

The editor of a fandom publication, most commonly a fanzine.

Noun

  1. The editor of a fandom publication, most commonly a fanzine.
    • Sample fanzine advertisement attached; same obtainable free from B.T. for any fan-ed wishing to run them. - 1946 April, Wilson "Bob" Tucker, Bloomington News-letter, page 1:
    • This British peculiarity, this psychopathic abhorrence for open spaces in fanzines, has been remarked on by many people but until this moment nobody has explained the real reason for it. It is not meanness, nor the high...
    • A lot of crap passes through here that no decent faned would pub, while some of the traffic is meant to be playful or argumentive in a high volume, rapid turnover way, what you might call ephemeral, entertainment today,...

Origin

Blend of fan + editor.

Forms

faneds