stfilm

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English

Etymology

Either abbreviation of scientifilm, or blend of stf (scientifiction) +‎ film.

Noun

stfilm (plural stfilms)

  1. (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.