personalzine

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Meaning · English

A fanzine produced by a single person, often covering that person's own interests and activities.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Vegas put out VAGUE, a fanzine that had started out as a personalzine -- hell, a letter-substitute, one or two sheets. But he put it out so frequently, sometimes three or four a month, that it had generated its own momentum. Soon he was printing letters, and it was a dozen pages. Some of the letters

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “personalzine” mean?

A fanzine produced by a single person, often covering that person's own interests and activities.

Is “personalzine” formal or informal?

personalzine is generally slang.