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(2 K's in Trekkers.)
If you must have a group name, how about Jedi? I hear a lot of SW fans refer to themselves that way.
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I don't know. I'm a science fiction fan.
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![]() And that is what (some of them) call themselves. The Star Wars Fanboy Association. (BTW: it's Trekkies or Trekkers.) |
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Re the Trekkies/Trekkers dichotomy,
If you just like watching Star Trek, you're a fan. If you're a fan who goes to the conventions, you're a Trekkie. If you're a Trekkie go in constume and full prosthetic makeup, and actually learn to speak Klingon or Vulcan, you're a Trekker. If you're a Trekker who gets mad when someone calls you a Trekkie and spend ten minutes explaining the difference to them, you're an embarassment.
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Well, young fans like myself sometimes call ourselves Padawans, but I was wondering why there isn't one enconpassing word in the vein of "Trekkers".
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Why do you feel you need one? "Fan" doesn't define you by what group you belong to, but by what you love. You don't need a special name for it.
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For StarTrek it's trekkie, trekker or trekkist, depending on whether we're talking about a weirdo fan of the costumed variety, a general fan, or a trek trivia specialist.
I fixed the title.
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