Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sports fan

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: sport-s -fan
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A familiar form of address, a jocular term of endearment.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sports, fan.

Example Sentences

"Patrick: "Peter, you shouldn't encourage people to be fat. Fat people are immoral." Peter: "How do you figure, sports fan?" Patrick: "They're just bad, like that Jackie Gleason.""
""So listen up, sports fan. You just might learn something. ""
""That's an expression my dad uses a lot. He calls people "sports fan." "How you doing there, sports fan?""

Etymology

A term originally used by sportscasters to address the viewing public, later generalized to non-sports contexts.

Inflected Forms

sports fans (plural)

Synonyms

fan rooter

Questions

What does sports fan mean?: A familiar form of address, a jocular term of endearment.
Where does sports fan come from?: A term originally used by sportscasters to address the viewing public, later generalized to non-sports contexts.

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