gafiate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community. dated,slang
    — Westlake's piece is so reminiscent of the old days of fandom, when no gafiate felt he had actually departed until he had alienated everybody on his mailing list.
动词 v.
  1. To leave the mundane world and enter the science fiction fandom community. dated,slang
    — She gafiated the moment she first picked up a pulp magazine.
  2. To drop out of fandom community activities, with the implication of "getting a life". slang
    — QUANDRY (Hoffwoman) The famous fanzine published by Lee Hoffman of Savannah Ga. before she gafiated for the first time.

词形变化

gafiates plural gafiates present,singular,third-person gafiating participle,present gafiated participle,past gafiated past

词汇关系

衍生词
degafiate ungafiate
相关词
GAFIA get away from it all
并列词
fafiate

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English GAFIA
English -ate
English gafiate
From GAFIA (“getting away from it all”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English GAFIA
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English gafiate
From GAFIA (“getting away from it all”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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