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Among science fiction and fantasy, comic book, and media fans, a Big Name Fan (BNF) is a member of a fandom who is particularly well-known and celebrated for their writings in fanzines, semi-professional magazines and (more recently) blogs; or for other contributions such as art and (in some communities) fanfiction.
A Big Name Fan (BNF) is a fan who has become well known within fandom for their contributions of various sorts, such as chairing a Worldcon or contributing to the genre itself. Fanne was used in early fandom as a feminine equivalent to "fan". Fen was used within fandom as the plural of the word "fan", by analogy with "men" as the plural of "man ...
BNF may refer to: Science. Backus–Naur form, a formal grammar notation in computer science; Biological nitrogen fixation; British National Formulary, a drug ...
Starwoids was a fandom name promoted by the 2001 documentary Starwoids [360] [88] STAYC: Swith Music group Pronounced as "Sweet", the name is a combination of the first letter of STAYC and "With", meaning "Together with STAYC" or "I'll be by STAYC's side." [361] Stargate: Gaters: Film / TV show [362] Stef Sanjati: Breadsquad YouTuber [363 ...
In America, the fandom also began as an offshoot of science fiction fandom, with fans bringing imported copies of Japanese manga to conventions. [16] Before anime began to be licensed in the U.S., fans who wanted to get a hold of anime would leak copies of anime movies and subtitle them to exchange with friends in the community, thus marking ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
In computer science, Backus–Naur form (BNF; / ˌ b æ k ə s ˈ n aʊər /; Backus normal form) is a notation used to describe the syntax of programming languages or other formal languages. It was developed by John Backus and Peter Naur. BNF can be described as a metasyntax notation for context-free grammars. Backus–Naur form is applied ...
Yiff is a slang term used in the furry fandom to refer to pornographic content of anthropomorphic animal characters. [1] It is considered a tongue-in-cheek term in the furry fandom. [2] [3] [4] The term is also used as a way to insult members of the furry fandom, such as in the phrase "yiff in hell". [1]