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Fanspeak is made up of acronyms, blended words, obscure in-jokes, and standard terms used in specific ways.

Some terms used in fanspeak have spread to members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (" Scadians "), Renaissance Fair participants (" Rennies "), hacktivists, and internet gaming and chat fans, due to the social and contextual intersection between the communities.

Examples of fanspeak used in these broader fannish communities include gafiate, a term meaning to drop out of SF related community activities, with the implication to Get A Life.

The word is derived via the acronym for " get away from it all ".

A related term is fafiate, for " forced away from it all ".

The implication is that one would really rather still be involved in fandom, but circumstances make it impossible.