sports fan
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sports fan
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A term originally used by sportscasters to address the viewing public, later generalized to non-sports contexts.
noun sports fans
- A familiar form of address, a jocular term of endearment. 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."
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sports, fan.
Talk about this word "sports fan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sports%20fan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sports fan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sports%20fan "sports fan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sports%20fan.Cite this
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title = {sports fan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sports%20fan},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
