Definitions
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- noun Low-quality material (especially
literature ) produced by fans of a performer, group, author etc.
Etymologies
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From fan + cruft
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She thinks it’s full of unsourced fancruft, the Wikipedia word for fawning, excessively detailed descriptions that appeal to a tiny niche of readers—in this case, those thrilled by accounts of battle.
One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia Condé Nast 2021
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