gafiate

Definition

A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community.

Etymology

From GAFIA (“getting away from it all”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Herman Stowell King, a long-time gafiate (we first met in the 60s) and collector, turned up in the local Sunday paper with a well-written review of Whitley Streiber's The Forbidden Zone."
• "Perhaps the disappearance of the vast majority of the copies Dan mailed out in 1981 granted him limited immunity; he did just run for TAFF and win last year, hardly the act of an over-the-hill gafiate."