Full record for trekkie n.

Definition	an admirer of the U.S. science fiction television programme Star Trek; hence, a space-traveller; one interested (trivially) in space travel.
OED requirements	antedating 1970
Earliest cite	in 'Deck 6'
Comment	Gary McGath submitted a 1975 cite from Lichtenberg, Marshak and Winston's "Star Trek Lives!" Jeff Wolfe submitted a cite from a 1974 reprint of David Gerrold's "The Trouble With Tribbles"; this cite was verified in the 1973 first edition by Jamie Morris. Jason Dyer submitted a cite from a 1990 reprint of an article by Fern Lynch in Walter Irwin's anthology "The Best of Trek"; this cite was verified in the 1978 first edition by Jamie Morris. Imran Ghory submitted a 1992 cite from a book review in Amiga User International. Imran Ghory submitted a 2002 cite from Jessica Mellor in the Daily Mirror. Enoch Forrester submitted a 1975 cite from James Gunn's "Alternate Worlds". Jeff Prucher submitted a 1972 cite from Harlan Ellison's introduction to David Gerrold's "With A Finger in my I". Imran Ghory submitted a cite from a 1978 article, "Star Trek Lives: Trekker Slang" by Patricia Byrd. Joan Marie Verba submitted a cite from Carol Pruitt's fanzine "Deck 6" (May 1970)
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Citations for trekkie n.

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1970 Deck May 2	‥when I start acting like a bubble-headed trekkie (rather than a sober, dignified—albeit enthusiastic—trekker ).
1972 H. Ellison Introduction to With a Finger in My I in H. Ellison Again, Dangerous Visions 341	But then, no one ever denied that Star Trek‘trekkies’ are bats from the git-go.
1975 J. Gunn Alternate Worlds 224	The success of ‘Star Trek’ in syndication, with its own fandom (sometimes called ‘Trekkies’) and conventions with attendance in the thousands, has created a new interest in science fiction.
1978 F. Lynch Star Trek & Me in W. Irwin & G. B. Love Best of Trek 54,	I find that I can label fans only ‘good-mannered’ or ‘bad-mannered‘; the terms Trekker, Trekkie, etc. turn me off.
1988 S. McCrumb Bimbos of Death Sun i. 8	She grinned‥.‘It's Rubicon—a science fiction convention’‥.‘Oh, right. Like Trekkies’. He nodded.
1990 Thrust Winter 20/2	This was precisely when the Trekkies split off from the science-fiction fans.
1992 H. Jenkins Textual Poachers 21	Fans prefer to describe themselves as ‘Trekkers’ rather than ‘Trekkies’ (a term which has increasingly come to refer only to the media constructed stereotype)—or better still, to describe themselves simply as fans (a term which signifies their membership within a larger subculture of other fans and denies a fixed reader-text relationship).
1993 SFRA Rev. May–June 112	Something new for you Trekkies (or Trekkers) out there.
2001 Dreamwatch Mar. 47/3	‘I'm a huge Trekkie!’ declares Sorbo. ‘I loved Gene Roddenberry's work, especially the original series [of Star Trek] , so when they mentioned his name and said that he'd written this‥right off the heels of the original series, I was more than interested.’
2002 TV Zone No. 157 77/2	It's an ideal stocking-filler for that tunnel-visioned Trekkie or Whovian you may know, who has now come of age to have their televisual horizons broadened.
2003 J. M. Verba Boldly Writing 4/1	The May issue of Deck 6 saw a very early distinction between the terms ‘trekkie’ and ‘trekker.’ Carol Pruitt, the editor, said in part, ‘‥when I start acting like a bubble-headed trekkie (rather than a sober, dignified—albeit enthusiastic—trekker ).’