fanboy
/ˈfænˌbɔɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
Derogatory; Slang
verb
To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.
Intransitive verb; Slang
Example Sentences
- "(It's in the nature of comic book fanboy obsessiveness that all of these Eras and Ages and such have been religiously chronicled; it's equally in their nature that no two fanboys can ever agree about anything about any of these Ages and Eras; everything is up for debate, eternally and in microscopic detail.)"
- "Six years and seven titles later, their company, Top Cow, is the third-biggest-grossing comic line, thanks mainly to a pair of blood-soaked, modern-day Gothics that have been a hit both with fanboys and a growing number of women."
- "Apple fanboys have always devoted equal parts of their mind to genuine reasons to praise their chosen corporation, and to blindly ignoring its faults."
- "James has a tendency to fanboy when something he likes is done wrong."
- "2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, New York: Penguin, [Acknowledgements], To Yusef Komunyakaa, thank you for […] tolerating my fanboying when, by luck, I sat down beside you one rainy night in a West Village theater […] and kept yapping about everything and nothing at all."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfænˌbɔɪ/