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 Words From

• fan·boy·ing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fanboy¹

First recorded in 1915–20; fan ² + boy

Example Sentences

He has also used his $44 billion investment in Twitter to turn it into a Trump fanboy site that promotes disinformation and conspiracy theories to help move as many people as possible to the right and into Trump’s camp.

From Slate

By all means, find your thing in nature and fanboy to your heart’s content.

From Slate

“I’m going to go fanboy,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

North America, to Point B, France, albeit with a comically strange layover culminating in what is a comic fanboy’s dream, or his biggest nightmare.

From Salon

It comes off, so far, as nodding to political favorites, fanboy posturing and history done via Google and Wikipedia searches.

From Los Angeles Times