Ghu

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  • IPA(key): /ɡuː/
  • IPA(key): /ɡʰuː/
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  • Rhymes: -uː

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Ghu

  1. (dated, fandom slang, humorous) A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.
    • 1956 November-December, Walt Leibscher, “Go, Fan, Go”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly‎, number 2, page 32:
      Neofans and old ones too/Shout the praise of the Great Ghod Ghu,
    • 1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Scarecrow”, in The BNF of Iz‎, archived from the original on 21 July 2013:
      "Great Ghu!" said Dorothy. "Why, this must be the True Fandom that I've read about! Where everyone is a fan, even the animals and machines and all!"
    • 1991, Peter David, The Rift, →ISBN, page 189:
      “Why in the name of Ghu should we want to?” asked Thak in amazement.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ghu.

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