fanboy
A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subjectA male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
Translations
4 languagesExamples
4 sentencesElon has his fanboys trained to congratulate him even when his rocket blows up.
FANBOYS is an acronym for the most common coordinating conjunctions in the English language.
I'm not a fanboy.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, often, slang)A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
Jünger, Fanboy
фана́тfanát, фана́ткаfanátka
A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media)
Origin
From fan + boy.From fan + boy.
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