On 5/17/07 7:29 AM, Carole Lassak wrote:
The word stems from the British use of off in commerce to indicate a quantity of items produced at one time: "Please supply 500 off." A one-off, then, was an item produced only once, and the current usage is a figurative application of this technical sense.
[click, click, clickety-click: d'oh!] I was confusing "one-off" with "one-shot" -- no wonder I couldn't come up with a definition! "One-shot" in fanzine fandom is a publication that has only one issue; sometimes on purpose, more often as the result of failing to get a periodical off the ground. My "How to Edit Your Club's Newsletter" (still available from the author for only $5) was a one-shot fanzine. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where iris are in full bloom. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
