Trekkie

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Trekkie 

noun (pl. Trekkies) ^informal A fan of the US science fiction television programme Star Trek

– From the Oxford English Dictionary ^[1]

There is an old debate about the term Trekker which in sense means the same as trekkies, although the differences in terms are also debated among trekkies/trekkers.^[2]

Contents 1 Notes 2 Parodies 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

[edit] Notes

• The term "Trekkie" seems to be the one most used in English-speaking countries.
• The term "Trekker" is preferred by some Star Trek fans as the term "Trekkie" is considered to be a derogatory term. One joke is that Trekkers "know it's just a TV show" versus Trekkies, in reference to William Shatner's famous rant on Saturday Night Live.
• One could argue that Trekkies could be so-called space-travelers: those interested (trivially) in space travel, but there is also a good chance trekkies are simply enjoying the show, just for fun.
• According to the movie Trekkies 2, Gene Roddenberry once stated at a convention that, "It's Trekkies. I should know. I invented it."
• A category of fans more related to DS9 and called "Niners", also exists.
• The political weight of the Star Trek fans made it possible to impose the name Enterprise for the first American space shuttle built for the NASA (OV-101), whereas this one was to be called Constitution in the beginning, after a massive campaign of letters organized by Bjo Trimble produced more than 200,000 requests to President Gerald Ford.

[edit] Parodies

• William "Get a Life!" Shatner trashes Trekkies is a parody ^[3] played by Captain Kirk's actor on Saturday Night Live in 1986.
• How to Blend With Trekkies Socially is a sort of recipe showing how to connect socially with this category of die-hard fans called "Trekkies".

[edit] References

1. ↑ Trekkie on AskOxford Free Oxford dictionary resources online
2. ↑ Trekker has a different meaning on AskOxford Free Oxford dictionary resources online
3. ↑ Transcript of the parody

[edit] External links

• Trekkie at Wikipedia
• "Are you (You are) a Trekkie?" - answers this essential and terrible existence question about being a Trekkie (Google search terms)

[edit] See also

• Trekkies (movie)
• Trekkies 2 (movie)