fanboy

noun

fan·​boy ˈfan-ˌbȯi How to pronounce fanboy (audio)
: a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something

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Musk’s image in Silicon Valley was useful to the Trump campaign, bringing in new fanboy voters and sending a message that the administration would transform the government and run it like a lean start-up. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025 Jason Momoa isn’t afraid to be a fanboy — especially when the star in question is Meryl Streep! Bailey Richards, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025 Duffy is hilariously literate, an opinionated fanboy ready to defend Nirvana against naysayers. Claude Peck, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025 With the boisterous fanboy Conan O’Brien at the helm, the show leaned into the kind of excess the production tended to avoid during the snarkier rein of Jimmy Kimmel. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fanboy

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fanboy was in 1919

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“Fanboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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