# If Star Trek fans are called Trekkers or Trekkies, then...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052 "2007-08-18T14:38:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/1 "2007-08-18T14:38:42Z")
… what are Star Wars fans called ?
Cartooniverse
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/2 "2007-08-18T14:56:12Z")
C-3Peons
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/3 "2007-08-18T14:58:54Z")
Lucasites?
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/4 "2007-08-18T15:00:23Z")
Star Warriors?
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/5 "2007-08-18T15:03:10Z")
[Rebel Scum](http://www.rebelscum.com/)
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/6 "2007-08-18T15:05:58Z")
People smart enough to realize they don’t need a dumb name for their collective…
Somebody had to say it! 😃
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/7 "2007-08-18T15:20:34Z")
Ewoks.
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/8 "2007-08-18T15:23:49Z")
Star Wars fans.
or
Disappointed for the past few years.
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/9 "2007-08-18T15:39:30Z")
Star Warsians
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/10 "2007-08-18T16:03:37Z")
Second-raters, compared to Trek Fandom? 😛 😃
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### Author:  [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/11 "2007-08-18T16:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
[Rebel Scum](http://www.rebelscum.com/)
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Maybe it’s because I’m still in the middle of Mafia VI, but that totally gave me the idea for an SW-themed mafia game… 😃
_EDIT_ Isn’t there also a Darth Vader fanclub named something or other?
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### Author:  [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/12 "2007-08-18T17:22:43Z")
Uber-geeks? (sorry, no umlaut on this keyboard).
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/13 "2007-08-18T17:39:38Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan]
_EDIT_ Isn’t there also a Darth Vader fanclub named something or other?
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[These guys?](http://www.501st.com/)
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### Author:  [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/14 "2007-08-18T17:43:57Z")
I’ve heard the term “Warsie” used as a parallel to “Trekkie.” So presumably the more serious ones call themselves “Warsers.” Obviously there is some room for improvement, although nothing really comes to mind offhand. I think most of them already self-identify as Jedis or Stormtroopers anyway.
Annie’s Army?
Saber-Rattlers?
Journalists of the Whills?
Warholes?
Jarjarians?
People Who Have A Bad Feeling About This?
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/15 "2007-08-18T17:49:07Z")
Programmers?
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/16 "2007-08-18T20:02:25Z")
[QUOTE=dotchan]
Maybe it’s because I’m still in the middle of Mafia VI, but that totally gave me the idea for an SW-themed mafia game… 😃
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Is it too early to sign up for it? 😃
Vote MadTheSwine
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### Author:  [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/17 "2007-08-18T20:06:41Z")
Wasn’t the term “Trekkie” a label originally applied by “outsiders” who were poking fun at the Trek fans?
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### Author:  [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/18 "2007-08-18T20:30:25Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow]
C-3Peons
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LOL (coke spit onto keyboard) !!!
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/19 "2007-08-18T21:28:24Z")
Those who got Leia’d?
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### Author:  [@gatorman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorman)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-star-trek-fans-are-called-trekkers-or-trekkies-then/416052/20 "2007-08-19T03:18:52Z")
Warries or Warrers?
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