Regenerated Fans

I heard a phrase today that was new to me. "Regerated" Fans are fans that were fans of the 'classic' series, but left fandom once the show went off the air; but came back to fandom with the start of the 'new' series. Now we have the 'Wilderness Years', and 'Regenerated Fans', I guess it is only a matter of time before we divide into 'Loyalists' and 'Communists'.