lettercol

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of letter column.

Noun

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lettercol (plural lettercols)

  1. (fandom slang) Section of a periodical in which readers' letters are published.
    • 1958, Ralph Merridette Holland, Ghu's Lexicon, page 3:
      LETTERCOL - A letter column. One of the favorite haunts of the actifans.
    • 1971 November, Jerry Kaufman, “The Flophouse?”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly[1], number 5, page 30:
      The lettercol is nearly incomprehensible, filled with references to some obscure in-group word, "prime".

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