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• eophilia /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and pleased by novelty.
  Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground....
• oriental food:: n. Hackers display an intense tropism towards oriental cuisine, especially Chinese, and especially of the spicier varieties such as Szechuan and Hunan.
  This phenomenon (which has also been observed in subcultures that overlap heavily with hackerdom, most notably science-fiction fandom) has never been satisfactorily explained, but is sufficiently intense that one can assume the target of a hackish dinner expedition to be the best local Chinese place and be right at least three times out of four....
• cience-fiction fandom:: n. Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom
  most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as the Society for Creative Anachronism....
• fan: n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction, especially one who goes to {con}s and tends to hang out with other fans.
  Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish slang...
• oriental food n. Hackers display an intense tropism towards oriental cuisine, especially Chinese, and especially of the spicier varieties such as Szechuan and Hunan.
  This phenomenon (which has also been observed in subcultures that overlap heavily with hackerdom, most notably science-fiction fandom) has never been satisfactorily explained, but is sufficiently intense that one can assume the target of a hackish dinner expedition to be the best local Chinese place and be right at least three times out of four....
• Food: Ethnic. Spicy. Oriental, esp. Chinese and most esp.
  Szechuan, Hunan, and Mandarin (hackers consider Cantonese vaguely d'eclass'e)....
• cience-fiction fandom n. Another voluntary subculture having a very heavy overlap with hackerdom
  most hackers read SF and/or fantasy fiction avidly, and many go to `cons' (SF conventions) or are involved in fandom-connected activities such as the Society for Creative Anachronism....
• fan n. Without qualification, indicates a fan of science fiction, especially one who goes to cons and tends to hang out with other fans.
  Many hackers are fans, so this term has been imported from fannish slang...
• Other Interests: Some hobbies are widely shared and recognized as going with the culture
  science fiction, music, medievalism (in the active form practiced by the Society for Creative Anachronism and similar organizations), chess, go, backgammon, wargames, and intellectual games of all kinds....