I'm going to drop a deuce on everybody.

[daygloparker]

Question! Why does fandom often use the word fen to describe its participants? Because, um.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary:
Definition 1: Mud, clay, dirt, mire, filth. Also, excrement.
Definition 2: A mould or parasitical fungus that attacks the hop-plant.
Definition 4: A Chinese monetary unit equivalent to one hundredth of a yuan or

Comments

[snarkhunter]

A "fen" is also a bog.

However, in this particular case it's a slightly facetious pluralization of "fan," so as to distinguish true members of fandom (fen) from your average, everyday "fans" of something or another.

/lesson

:D

[daygloparker]

We are poop and a place to grow cranberries! YESSSSSS.

[maddeinin]

Doesn't it drive you crazy when it doesn't recognize perfectly valid words? *traumatized but addicted*

[daygloparker]

My current nemesis are "stat." Also, I tend to be mentally deficient at times, putting in words only to have them REJECTED REJECTED, until I realize that I'm spelling in French. ("WHY WON'T IT TAKE NOIR GOD DAMMIT")