fafiate

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community due to other obligations. dated,slang
    — After she got that job she became a fafiate.
动词 v.
  1. To (cause to) exit fandom and become inactive in fandom activity due to other obligations. ambitransitive,dated,slang
    — Nope. "Fafia" stands for "Forced Away From It All." Wide variety of things: family doesn't approve; financial reasons; job takes up too much time; or, in a few cases (can you say "John Vanible?" I knew you could), people have been so obnoxious that they were essentially fafiated by fandom itself, the ultimate shame of being outcast by the pariahs...

词形变化

fafiates plural fafiates present,singular,third-person fafiating participle,present fafiated participle,past fafiated past

词源

词源 1
From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
词源 2
From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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