WKF

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English

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of well-known fan.

Noun

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WKF (plural WKFs)

  1. (dated, fandom slang) A famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan.
    • 1962 June, Tom Armistead, “Tom Armistead Meets Ellis Mills”, in Cry of the Nameless[1], number 161, archived from the original on 26 November 2004:
      CRY came today, but I really wasn't as croggled as I usually am when CRY comes, because I got a visit from a real WKF last night (this being the 10th). You, of course, know Ellis Mills?
    • 2005 July, Arnie Katz, “Fandom is a Pyramid Scheme”, in Implications[2], number 1, page 15:
      If that neofan develops into a WKF or even a Big Name Fan, they soon acquire recruits of their own. So advice and guidance flow down the Pyramid and egoboo flows up the Pyramid.

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