English

Alternative forms

• ghu
• GhuGhu
• ghughu

Proper noun

Ghu

1. (dated, fandom slang, humorous) A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.
   • 1956 November-December, Leibscher, Walt, “Go, Fan, Go”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 2, page 32:

     Neofans and old ones too/Shout the praise of the Great Ghod Ghu,

   • 1959, Terry Carr & Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Scarecrow”, in The BNF of Iz:

     "Great Ghu!" said Dorothy. "Why, this must be the True Fandom that I've read about! Where everyone is a fan, even the animals and machines and all!"

   • 1991, David, Peter, The Rift, ISBN 9780671747961, page 189:

     “Why in the name of Ghu should we want to?” asked Thak in amazement.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Ghu.

Hypernyms

• ghod

Coordinate terms

• Foo

English

Proper noun

ghu

1. Alternative letter-case form of Ghu

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Ghu.