English

fancop

From fan + cop.

A compound of fan + cop

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’

Latin vannus ‘fan for winnowing grain’

Old English fann ‘a winnowing fan’

Middle English fan

English fan

English copper ‘police officer’

English cop

Today it means

noun A fan who habitually tries to control others' fannish activity.

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