Sentence:  Readers flocked online to articulate their angst, discovering 400 websites where "<WSD>Ringers</WSD>" congregated to converse in Quenya – one of Tolkien's fictional languages – and discuss such burning issues as whether elves have pointy ears. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A fan of the novel "(The Lord of the Rings)" by (J. R. R. Tolkien) and/or the film trilogy based on it.