the ganan fanon

i have never posted f-words on a friday before but it does seem apropos. this week’s installment is from talk the talk: the slang of 65 american subcultures, by luc reid, 2006:

• fanon (sci-fi/fantasy fans): facts about the characters or worlds of a particular t.v. show, book, movie, etc. that are not part of the source material but originate in fan fiction (contrast with canon).
• flapper (rock climbers): a section of skin damaged in a climb and partly torn off.
• flip topping (puppeteers): making a puppet talk by letting the top of the head go up rather than by letting the jaw go down; almost always considered bad puppetry.
• flock shooter (hunters): a hunter who shoots into a flock of birds instead of taking aim at a single bird.
• flush (bodybuilders): to do many repetitions in order to cause blood to rush to a muscle and deliver more nutrients to it.
• FNG (americans in antarctica): (pronounced FIN-jee) short for “fucking new guy,” an uncomplimentary term for new arrivals.
• forecaster scam (con-artists): a scam in whcih the con artist makes different stock predicitons to different groups of people and continues to contact only that increasingly smaller group of people who by chance received accurate predictions. By this means, the con artist can appear to have special knowledge of the market and can exploit the situation to sell or promote dubious investments.
• funambulist (circus performers): an aeriel artiste who walks on a rope or cable suspended high in the big top.