egoboo
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egoboo (uncountable)
- (dated, fandom slang) The pleasant feeling derived from seeing one's name in print.
- 1948 February, Rick Sneary, “”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 31, number 3, page 98:
- Well after the pile of ego-boo I got in the Oct. issue I just couldn't let it slip by without telling you what I think of this much heralded issue.
- 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Egoboo:
- Fandom may be defined as an infinitely complex system for the production of pure egoboo. Indeed, the universe itself was created for egoboo (Psalms 145:10) if we are to believe the stories.
- 2012 July, David Langford, “Ansible 300”, in Ansible, retrieved 2017-07-04:
- Relaxing the stern Ansible rule of omitting mere egoboo, here's a selection from the 'Gosh, isn't 300 a shiny round number' postbag.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:egoboo.
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References
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “egoboo”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2025), “egoboo n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.