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English
Etymology
Either abbreviation of scientifilm, or blend of stf (“scientifiction”) + film.
Noun
stfilm (plural stfilms)
- (dated, fandom slang) A film in the science fiction genre.
1940 May, Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 16, number 2, page 128:A Stfilm Committee of five were appointed to meet on Fridays, and plan the whole film project.
1951 November, Lee Hoffman, “The Lives and Deaths of Earl Tuckleton”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 1, page 5:The report was that Earl had been attending the screening of chapter six of a new stfilm, The Underseas Kingdom with Crash Corrigan or something like that.