zine
- noun
- /ziːn/
- Jargon
- At the festival, I picked up a zine filled with personal essays about mental health.
- make zines
Examples
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I also produce hip-hop music and publish zines in my spare time.
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Tyler Hess has been running Christian Music Zine since he created the site in 2008.
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So please help support the zine that supports the scene by buying a subscription!
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The pairs of reporters each write a news column for a teen "zine."
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A preview of my new 24-page black and white zine called LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE NIGHT.
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Bowstern's choice of the do-it-yourself zine format to tell her story reveals her identification with punk culture.
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Thousands of people—kids, teens, adults—make zines every year, but they do it with their own pocket change.
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Moe Bowstern's time spent fishing the Alaskan seas is chronicled in her unique zine Xtra Tuf.
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I recently discovered a unique zine that explores the history of local street art.
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She created a zine that showcases her original poetry and artwork.
Synonyms
A printed or online set of pages that comes out regularly with articles and pictures about a subject
A thin printed book with pictures and short articles about one topic
A printed or online magazine that comes out regularly
A small magazine made by fans about a topic they all like
How Professional
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Etymology
Zine comes from a shortening of magazine and especially from fanzine (made from fan + magazine). So a zine is like a small, often handmade magazine made by fans or one person.