fanboy

[fan-boi]

noun

1. Sometimes fanboi an obsessive male fan, especially of comic books, science fiction, video games, music, or electronic devices.

   Apple fanboys lined up to buy the new phone.

verb (used without object)

1. (of a male fan) to demonstrate intense excitement at the mention or in the presence of a particular celebrity, film, product, etc., especially one associated with popular culture or technology.

   I don't usually fanboy over optics, but these binoculars are awesome.

Other Word Forms

• fanboying noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fanboy¹

First recorded in 1915–20; fan ² + boy

Example Sentences

V from BTS got to be the devoted fanboy for once Monday night at Dodger Stadium, where he was lucky enough to share an embrace with Shohei Ohtani and give a deep bow on the field to Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

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In “Lurker,” conversely, the worst label someone in Oliver’s orbit can receive is that of being a “fanboy.”

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An apple-cheeked, motor-mouthed fanboy, he doesn’t fit the profile of, say, former Libyan dictator Moammar Kadafi who managed to command performances from Mariah Carey and Beyoncé.

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They wanted the Kristen Welkers of the world to know that the Constitution had flopped in its first 250 years out and that they were happy to fanboy out while the Department of Government Efficiency stripped the legislature of its purpose.

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That kind of fanboy speech shuts down difficult questions.

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