zinehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zine_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezine, n.
Revised 2021

zinenoun

colloquial (originally Science Fiction).
  1. 1946–
    A magazine, esp. a fanzine or other magazine produced non-professionally for a relatively small audience.
    Originally with reference to science fiction fanzines.
    1. 1946
      A couple of hunks of the 'zine were torn off in the unbinding process.
      Startling Stories Summer 109/1
    2. 1950
      One thing about this 'zine, published for the International Science Fiction Correspondence Club, is that it improves with each issue, or so it is fondly hoped.
      Amazing Stories November 151/2
    3. 1977
      Seems like every time you walk in there's a new cluster of fans clutching embryo 'zines.
      in M. Perry, Sniffin' Glue (2000) 121/1
    4. 1989
      He continues to write gushing, kick-ass reviews for several zines.
      Sound Choice Autumn 23/1
    5. 1991
      Fanzines are especially big in suburbia. Almost everyone has a friend who puts out a 'zine.
      D. Gaines, Teenage Wasteland viii. 199
    6. 1993
      Peter Lamborn Wilson, whose witching-hour blend of Sufism, anarchism, and 'zine culture makes for strange late-night company.
      Village Voice (New York) 20 April 44/2
    7. 2017
      He is the founder and editor-in-chief of birdsong, a modern collective, small press and zine that publishes contemporary art and writing.
      Oxford Review of Books 23 November 18/1

zine, n. was revised in March 2021.

zine, n. was last modified in July 2023.