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About the term "AFOL"
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lugnet.general, lugnet.faq
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Wed, 25 May 2005 14:26:54 GMT
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Hi,
Yes, of course I know _what_ an AFOL is.
But: Who created this term? When? And where?
The r.t.l. FAQ does not mention the term (and I never read it "back
then", IIRC), so it could be newer. Other FAQs only give "AFOL=Adult Fan
Of LEGO".
Any ideas?
Yours, Christian Treczoks
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: About the term "AFOL"
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| (...) I did some looking around via Google's newsgroup database and found reference to the term in RTL back in June of 1995. (URL) about the long link) I also tried searching under "adult fan of lego" and got much the same as above but I like what I (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: About the term "AFOL"
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| This is a good question -- as a relative newbie to the community, I've often regretted that this is the standard acronym. It's pronunciation is unclear; I've heard old AFOLs say anything from "A.F.O.L." (i.e. just spelling it) to "A-full" (long (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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