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Trekkie

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[trek-ee] / ˈtrɛk i /

noun

Trekkies plural
  1. a fan of the television series and films that form the Star Trek universe, and associated media.


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Full disclosure, I am not a Trekkie, Trekker or any iteration.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2022

And in a 2019 interview with The New York Times, the self-described Trekkie revealed she's a huge fan of the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Shattered" and its leading lady, Kate Mulgrew's Captain Janeway.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2022

Mr. Bezos, after all, is a confirmed Trekkie who once competed with his fourth grade classmates for the right to play Kirk.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

Seems like neither Trekkie is living up to the show’s live-long-and-prosper credo.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Expecting some eager, socially awkward adolescent, Nichols instead found herself face-to-face with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: King was a Trekkie!

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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