英和和英

発音

• IPA: /slæn/
• 韻: -æn

名詞

slan (plural slans)

1. (dated, fandom slang) A fan of science fiction.
   • 1944, John Bristol Speer, “F - Fascism”, in Fancyclopedia‎:

     The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization.

   • 1950 September, Charles Stuart Metchette, “Michigan Memories”, in Spacewarp‎, number 42, pages 72–77:

     Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs.

   • 1955, Arthur Koestler, The Trail of the Dinosaur and Other Essays, page 143:

     Fen gather in clubhouses called slanshacks, "slan" meaning a biologically mutated superman.

派生語

関連する語

• Homo superior

参照

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “slan”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 187–8.
• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “slan n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.

アナグラム

• SALN, LANs, LNAs

名詞

slān

1. inflection of slāh:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural