fanzine

noun

fan·​zine ˈfan-ˌzēn How to pronounce fanzine (audio)
: a magazine written by and for fans
a sci-fi fanzine
a punk rocker with her own fanzine

Examples of fanzine in a Sentence

a musician with her own fanzine
Recent Examples on the Web Pavements The Bottom Line A hearty fanzine of a movie. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024 Cross also founded and for many years edited the Bruce Springsteen magazine Backstreets, possibly the best regarded of all the fanzines devoted to a single artist. Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024 The Hugo Awards, established in 1953, has 15 categories, including best novel, best short story and best fanzine. Louis Mian, CNN, 23 July 2024 The Moores haunt Books & Books, flip through bins at the city’s half-dozen eclectic and well-stocked record shops -- Moore is a zealous collector of vinyl, poetry books, fanzines and ephemera, and Prinz is an art-book editor. Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 9 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for fanzine 

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Word History

Etymology

fan entry 3 + magazine

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fanzine was in 1942

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“Fanzine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanzine. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.

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