FAFIA

Acronym for Forced Away From It All (i.e., not by personal choice) or Fell Away From It All; turning one's interests elsewhere. The term "fafiate" can be used as a noun or a verb. As a noun, a fafiate is someone who experiences or engages in fafia: "Poor George went to college and found himself to be a fafiate." As a verb, it is the act of experiencing fafia: "Poor George went to college and found himself forced to fafiate."

(Probably the most common cause of fafiation is a fan marrying a mundane spouse who doesn't like or understand fandom.)

See also GAFIA.

Contributors: Dr. Gafia

from Fancyclopedia 2 ca. 1959

A variant of gafia; "Forced Away From It All."