what does "filk" stand for?

[pippin_999]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "blenberry" <blenberry at a...> wrote:
> I've checked VFAQ, etc... I know what a filk *is*, I just want to 
> know the origin of the acronym, if it is one.
> 
> thanks!
> 
> Barbara
It's not an acronym. It's a deliberate misspelling of the word 
"folk" as in folk song. Supposedly it originated as a misprint  in a  
science fiction convention program way back when.

Pippin