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n. '''Smof''' --Secret Master of Fandom -- is a term used by some to refer to a person who runs SF conventions and does other fannish activies that keep the gears of the fannish community turning. If you think you are a smof, you probably are. | n. '''Smof''' --Secret Master of Fandom -- is a term used by some to refer to a person who runs SF conventions and does other fannish activies that keep the gears of the fannish community turning. If you think you are a smof, you probably are. | ||
| − | There are conventions about conrunning, such as [[Smofcon]] and [ | + | There are conventions about conrunning, such as [[Smofcon]] and [https://fancyclopedia.org/Midwest_Construction Midwest Construction], where smofs get together to meta-smof. There are also discussion groups, such as the Smofs and Smofcon discussion lists. |
v. '''Smof''' can also be used as a verb. Sometimes non-smoffing spouses get tired of our [[smoffing]] so we must go smof in seclusion. Beware of smoffing too much on social occassions that include non-smofs as you may exclude them from the conversation as with any technical discussion of a specific field. Then again, should someone show interest, do not hesitate to recruit a non-smof into smofdom. | v. '''Smof''' can also be used as a verb. Sometimes non-smoffing spouses get tired of our [[smoffing]] so we must go smof in seclusion. Beware of smoffing too much on social occassions that include non-smofs as you may exclude them from the conversation as with any technical discussion of a specific field. Then again, should someone show interest, do not hesitate to recruit a non-smof into smofdom. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:49, 12 January 2022
n. Smof --Secret Master of Fandom -- is a term used by some to refer to a person who runs SF conventions and does other fannish activies that keep the gears of the fannish community turning. If you think you are a smof, you probably are.
There are conventions about conrunning, such as Smofcon and Midwest Construction, where smofs get together to meta-smof. There are also discussion groups, such as the Smofs and Smofcon discussion lists.
v. Smof can also be used as a verb. Sometimes non-smoffing spouses get tired of our smoffing so we must go smof in seclusion. Beware of smoffing too much on social occassions that include non-smofs as you may exclude them from the conversation as with any technical discussion of a specific field. Then again, should someone show interest, do not hesitate to recruit a non-smof into smofdom.
