English
slanshack
From slan (“science fiction fan”) + shack.
The story
E. van Vogt, by analogy to the superior but persecuted mutants of the novel.
Today it means
noun A house shared by fans of science fiction.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “slanshack”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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