promag

Blend of professional +‎ magazine.

promag (plural promags)

1. (dated, fandom slang) A professionally published magazine.
   • 1939 January, Tucker, Arthur Wilson "Bob", “Fun Dept”, in Le Zombie‎, number 2, page 2:

     The new pro mag, STARTLING STORIES lets itself in for a big time with the fast typers and hit and run spellers. 'NEW FANDOM' is the first, so far, to call it "STRATTLING STORIES", or words & music to that effect.

   • 1941 April, Fortier, Joe, “Brass Tacks”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 2, page 156:

     I guess that intangible something is closeness to perfection which makes my favorite science-fiction promag so easy to take with nary a word.

   • 1950 Spring, Willis, Walter Alexander, “On The Level”, in Slant‎, number 3:

     Jackson's 'Still Small Voice' was 'worthy of a promag' thought NORMAN ASHFIELD

Used especially to distinguish commercial science fiction magazines, which are published and distributed professionally, from science fiction fanzines.

• prozine

• fanmag
• fanzine

• “promag” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN.
• promag n. at the OED Science Fiction Citations Project