Abbreviation ofletter of comment.
LoC (pluralLoCs)
- (dated, fandomslang)Correspondence, usually aletter, sent to aperiodicalcommenting on either thecontents of a previousissue or an earlier letter of comment.
1961 May 6,Fanac, page 1:The first contributor of an accepted new item (not a COA) is entitled to a free issue, as are all other Good People who send inlocs, cartoons, etc.
1964 January,Les Spinge, page 2:Available for Trade,LoC, Contribution, goodwill (rarely) or even money.
- (programming)Initialism oflines of code.
- Synonym:LOC
- Synonym:SLOC
LoC (third-person singular simple presentLoCs,present participleLoCcing,simple past and past participleLoCced)
- (dated, fandomslang) Towrite a letter of comment to aperiodical.
1997 December 22, Rich Brown (Dr Gafia), “Re: The Good Ol' 'Write-In' Ballot”, inrec.arts.sf.fandom[1] (Usenet),message-ID <19971222234601.SAA25451@ladder02.news.aol.com>:But what happens, since you have spent a couple of weeks with this firm intention toLoC them all in mind, and in many instances you've even check-marked the particular things you want to comment on and thought about just what you want to say, as future issues of fanzines come into your mailbox, you break your fingernails on the staples in your haste to get to them opened so you can turn to the lettercolumn to see if they printed your LoC.
