English Explanatory Dictionary

fans are slans

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Science fiction fans are more intelligent and more creative than other people.

Word forms

fans are slans

Etymology

From slan and the novel Slan (1940) by A. E. Van Vogt. By analogy to the superior but persecuted mutants of Van Vogt's novel.

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