fan mail

noun

Examples of fan mail in a Sentence

The band gets a lot of fan mail.
Recent Examples on the Web The actress, famous for spending 9 years as Carrie Heffernan on The King of Queens, still signs her fan mail nearly two decades after the sitcom came to a close. Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2024 Remini, 53, takes the time to sign fan mail every two weeks, even 17 years since the last episode of The King of Queens aired. Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024 Sheeler grew up in Arkansas and, incidentally, his first job was answering fan mail for Bill and Hillary Clinton’s cat, Socks, from the basement of the White House as an intern. Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023 After the film wrapped, Rockwell received unsolicited fan mail and gifts from Michl. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023 In the band’s early days, the bulk of the fan mail went to Jones. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Nov. 2023 Some positive fan mail about her appearance eventually led to becoming a series regular as Cricket. Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023 Phipps was responsible for dealing with Beckham’s mountains of fan mail during his tenure at the club — not all of it decorous. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023 Lately, he’s been answering stacks of fan mail, including from fans in China and Argentina, who are discovering Buzzi on children’s TV shows in their countries. Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fan mail was in 1924

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“Fan mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20mail. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.

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