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fanboy
[ fan-boi ]
noun
- 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)
- (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.
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- fan·boy·ing noun
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Example Sentences
But when a serial sex predator is playing fanboy, the gag reflex kicks in.
Two Rivers functions like a fanboy gift shop with impeccable replica items.
If she were smart, Palin would recruit a member of her impressive gay fanboy base — yes, she has one — to help run her campaign.
The critical firmament and fanboy intelligentsia rose up in dissent.
This was just the kind of thing that would have given him major fanboy drool as recently as a month ago.
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