Philedom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

X-Phile +‎ -dom

Noun[edit]

Philedom (uncountable)

  1. (fandom slang) The fandom of the science fiction television series The X-Files.
    • 2000 October 5, Bast Black, “The X-File season 8 promo from the gut.”, in alt.fan.david-duchovny[1] (Usenet):
      I have too many friends in Philedom. It's going to be very interesting to see how we survive the 8th season and still keep our Internet communities in tact.[sic]
    • 2002 June 17, Anna, “Re: XF Worst Survivor Round 6”, in alt.tv.x-files[2] (Usenet):
      He only said that the changes made in those seasons divided Philedom in an unprecendented[sic] fashion, and that the ratings dropped drastically.
    • 2002 October 20, W. Blaine Dowler, “Re: OOPS! Make that 9 seasons!”, in alt.tv.x-files[3] (Usenet):
      It could have been the only episode that *all* factions of Philedom might dislike.
  2. (fandom slang) The state or quality of being an X-Phile.
    • 1998 September 30, c.morgan, “Re: My Scully Fish”, in alt.tv.x-files[4] (Usenet):
      This is so psychotic, I have to salute you! I aspire to the same level of Philedom but I'm not quite there yet...
    • 1998 December 31, Carrie-Anne DeDeo, “Re: Faith and Belief (WAS: Another way M&S need each other)”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis[5] (Usenet):
      (My mother -- my Philedom evidentally[sic] rubbing off on her-- with no prompting returned home and told my father, "We prayed for Mulder this morning.")
    • 2000 January 29, Cassandra, “Re: Fathers and Daughters, Signs & Wonders”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis[6] (Usenet):
      The first half of Season 4 was nearly fatal to my Philedom.

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