Talking About 'Star Trek': Is the term "Trekkie" ever used in any of the Star Trek movies or TV series?

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On Quora, member Nathan William asks:
Is the term "Trekkie" ever used in any of the Star Trek movies or TV series?
My reply:
No.
The term “Trekkie” (or “Trekker”) only refers to fans of the Star Trek franchise.
Incidentally, there were two in-universe references to the franchise title; both occurred in iterations of Star Trek: The Next Generation
In the episode All Good Things…, the god-like entity known as Q and Captain Jean-Luc Picard have the following exchange:
Picard: We are what we are, and we're doing the best we can. It is not for you to set the standards by which we should be judged!
Q: Oh, but it is, and we have. Time may be eternal, Captain, but our patience is not. It's time to put an end to your trek through the stars, make room for other more worthy species.
And in 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact:
Cmdr. William Riker: It is one of the pivotal moments in human history, Doctor. You get to make first contact with an alien race! And after you do... everything begins to change.
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge: Your theories on warp drive allow fleets of starships to be built and mankind to start exploring the Galaxy.
Cmdr. Deanna Troi: It unites humanity in a way no one ever thought possible. When they realize they're not alone in the universe, poverty, disease, war - they'll all be gone within the next fifty years.
Cmdr. William Riker: But unless you make that warp flight tomorrow morning before eleven fifteen, none of it will happen.
Dr. Zefram Cochrane: And you people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of star trek.
But no one (and I mean no one) in the entire franchise ever says the term “Trekkie.”

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