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English
Etymology
From X-Phile + -dom.
Noun
Philedom (uncountable)
- (fandom slang) The fandom of the science fiction television series The X-Files.
2000 October 5, Bast Black, “The X-File season 8 promo from the gut.”, in alt.fan.david-duchovny (Usenet):I have too many friends in Philedom. It's going to be very interesting to see how we survive the 8th season and still keep our Internet communities in tact.
2002 June 17, Anna, “Re: XF Worst Survivor Round 6”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):He only said that the changes made in those seasons divided Philedom in an unprecendented fashion, and that the ratings dropped drastically.
2002 October 20, W. Blaine Dowler, “Re: OOPS! Make that 9 seasons!”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):It could have been the only episode that *all* factions of Philedom might dislike.
- (fandom slang) The state or quality of being an X-Phile.
1998 September 30, c.morgan, “Re: My Scully Fish”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):This is so psychotic, I have to salute you! I aspire to the same level of Philedom but I'm not quite there yet...
1998 December 31, Carrie-Anne DeDeo, “Re: Faith and Belief (WAS: Another way M&S need each other)”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis (Usenet):(My mother -- my Philedom evidentally rubbing off on her-- with no prompting returned home and told my father, "We prayed for Mulder this morning.")
2000 January 29, Cassandra, “Re: Fathers and Daughters, Signs & Wonders”, in alt.tv.x-files.analysis (Usenet):The first half of Season 4 was nearly fatal to my Philedom.
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