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Definition: FANON |
FANONNoun1. A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple. |
Etymology: Fanon \Fan"on\, noun. [French expression fanon, Late Latin expression fano, from Old High German. fano banner cloth, German fahne banner. See Vane, and compare to Fanion, Gonfalon.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Canonicals | Noun: canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown frock, pallium, surplice, cassock, dalmatic, scapulary, cope, mozetta, scarf, tunicle, chasuble, alb, alba, stole; fanon, fannel; tonsure, cowl, hood; calote, calotte; bands; capouch, amice; vagas, vakas, vakass; apron, lawn sleeves, pontificals, pall; miter, tiara, triple crown; shovel hat, cardinal's hat; biretta; crosier; pastoral staff, thurifer; costume. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word is a play on "fan canon".
For example, it is "canon" that Donna lied to Congress about her diary (The West Wing), but it has become "fanon" that she lied about her diary to protect Josh (because she had written in it about his PTSD, which-- if anyone knew about it-- could damage his career). Since we were never told WHY she lied about her diary, any reason the fan base comes up with is "fanon," even if it is a pretty darn good explanation.¹
¹ Reference: [1]
Other fanons include:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fanon."
Crosswords: FANON |
| English words defined with "FANON": Fannel. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "FANON": Fanion. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "FANON" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (dewlap), Romanian (whalebone). |
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| "FANON" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "FANON" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 94.12% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
frantz fanon | 31 |
fanon | 28 |
franz fanon | 15 |
fanon megaphone | 6 |
courier fanon | 3 |
critic fanon | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "FANON": fanons. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "FANON": gonfanon. (additional references) | |
Words containing "FANON": gonfanons. (additional references) | |
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"FANON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afon, banon, Danon, efanol, facon, Faenol, falon, famon, Fanconi, fandom, Fanmos, fann, Fannin, fano, fanong, Fanony, Farnan, Farnol, Farnton, faron, Fasona, favon, feno, Fernon, Ffynnon, finan, Finlon, Finson, Fonmon, fono, Frandon, fujon, funen, funion, funo, funon, Fynnon, Ifano, tanon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "FANON" (pronounced 'Fan"on'): Agon, baron, Baton, Bion, Breton, Briton, Cambro-Briton, Caxon, Cion, Cyon, Disprison, Dorsimeson, DRAGON, Emprison, Flagon, Gryfon, Heron, imprison, IndoBriton, Leon, melon, meson, Misreckon, Odeon, Orion, Outreckon, Overreckon, Padelion, pademelon, paeon, Pantheon, Pheon, Pinon, Portcrayon, Raton, rayon, Reimprison, salmon, scion, Semi-Saxon, Stateprison, talon, Underreckon, Unprison, Ventrimeson, Weapon, xenon, Zion. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: anon, fano, nona. | |
-2 letters: fan, fon, nan, oaf. | |
-3 letters: an, fa, na, no, of, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-n-n-o" | |
+1 letter: fanion, fanons, nonfan, nonfat. | |
+2 letters: fanions, fondant, fontina, nonfact, nonfans, nonfarm. | |
+3 letters: chanfron, fandango, fanfaron, favonian, fondants, fontanel, fontinas, fountain, gonfalon, gonfanon, nonfacts, nonfatal, nonfatty, nonfinal, nonfocal, nonleafy, sainfoin, sinfonia. | |
+4 letters: afternoon, chanfrons, cofinance, confidant, falconine, fandangos, fanfarons, flavanone, fontanels, fountains, francolin, gonfalons, gonfanons, inflation, informant, nonfactor, nonfading, nonfamily, nonfarmer, nonformal, nontariff, profaning, sainfoins, sinfonias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 41 4E 4F 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- -. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000001 01001110 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F A N O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0041 004E 004F 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4035484948 |
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