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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>filk</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="file-signature.html" title="file signature"/><link rel="next" href="film-at-11.html" title="film at 11"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">filk</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="file-signature.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="film-at-11.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="filk"/><dt xmlns="" id="filk"><b>filk</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/filk/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.,v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from SF fandom, where a typo for ‘folk’ was adopted as
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a new word] Originally, a popular or folk song with lyrics revised or
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completely new lyrics and/or music, intended for humorous effect when read,
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and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions. More recently
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(especially since the late 1980s), filk has come to include a great deal of
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originally-composed music on SFnal or fantasy themes and a range of moods
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wider than simple parody or humor. Worthy of mention here because there is
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a flourishing subgenre of filks called <span class="firstterm">computer
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filks</span>, written by hackers and often containing rather
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sophisticated technical humor. See <a href="../D/double-bucky.html"><i class="glossterm">double bucky</i></a> for
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an example. Compare <a href="../G/grilf.html"><i class="glossterm">grilf</i></a>,
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<a href="../H/hing.html"><i class="glossterm">hing</i></a>, <a href="../P/pr0n.html"><i class="glossterm">pr0n</i></a>, and
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<a href="../N/newsfroup.html"><i class="glossterm">newsfroup</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="file-signature.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="film-at-11.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">file signature </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> film at 11</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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