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Subject:	Re: About the term "AFOL"
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.faq
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2005 16:04:19 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote: > In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote: > > > But: Who created this term? When? And where? > > IIRC: Todd, Here, a long time ago. YMMV. Heh, not according to Todd :) http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=2940 Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995), which quickly caught on. DaveE

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		Re: About the term "AFOL"
(...) Was Jeff "Nephilim?" There were giants in the earth in those days. Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998. Dave! (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)

		Re: About the term "AFOL"
(...) mmmKay, whatever... I DID say **IF** I remember correctly. Oh well. (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)

		Re: About the term "AFOL"
(...) May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term "AFOL"? Yours, thankfully, Christian (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)

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		Re: About the term "AFOL"
(...) IIRC: Todd, Here, a long time ago. YMMV. (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)

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