fanboy
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fanboy
- /ˈfænˌbɔɪ/ US
Where it comes from
From fan + boy.
noun fanboys · fanboi
- A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media). (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
verb fanboys · fanboying · fanboyed · fanboi
- To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy. James has a tendency to fanboy when something he likes is done wrong.
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noun someone devoted to a single subject
| Español | fan, simpatizante |
|---|---|
| Português | fanboy, fanático |
| Deutsch | Jünger, Fanboy |
| Русский | фана́т fanát, фана́тка fanátka |
verb to be a fanboy
| Русский | фанати́ровать fanatírovatʹ |
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Talk about this word "fanboy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fanboy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fanboy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fanboy "fanboy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fanboy.
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@misc{fanboy_2026,
title = {fanboy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fanboy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
