Word info

fanboy

Speech parts

1. fanboy - Noun

2. fanboy - Verb

Meaning

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).

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

There are too many good comic book writers out there. I'd rather remain a fanboy. Simon Kinberg

From my own internal fanboy perspective, there's nothing that I hate more than seeing a three minute trailer for a movie where I feel like it's shown me the entire movie. Damon Lindelof

I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd. Joe Manganiello

Before anyone starts to complain, this isn’t some fanboy rant. Source: Internet

Depp made the classic fanboy mistake of focusing only on the glamorous, external trappings of his heroes. Source: Internet

However, as time has progressed and Bayless has grown more and more desperate and intolerable, his behavior while portraying his Brady fanboy character has grown increasingly bizarre. Source: Internet

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