fanboy

== English == === Alternative forms === fanboi (informal) === Etymology === From fan +‎ boy. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfænˌbɔɪ/ === Noun === fanboy (plural fanboys) (fandom slang, often derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media). ==== Coordinate terms ==== fangirl ==== Derived terms ==== fanboyish fanboyism ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fanboy (third-person singular simple present fanboys, present participle fanboying, simple past and past participle fanboyed) (fandom slang, intransitive) To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy. 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. ==== Translations ==== === See also === geek nerd otaku