: a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something
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Halo is Xbox, and Xbox is Halo, and console warriors participating in the decades-long fanboy battle against Sony and PlayStation point to Master Chief as their four-star general.
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Historically, Imax has been associated with comic book adventures that appeal to fanboys and fangirls.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The edit suite looks like a dorm room, full of fanboy figurines like a life-size Funko Pop of Stranger Things’ protagonist Eleven (played by Millie Bobby Brown) that guards the front door in her blonde wig, clutching her favorite snack, Eggo waffles.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Guys over and under 25 are of course the catch, with female tracking in line with other similar to recent fanboy installments of Planet of the Apes, Transformers and Ghostbusters.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Historically, Imax has been associated with comic book adventures that appeal to fanboys and fangirls.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
The edit suite looks like a dorm room, full of fanboy figurines like a life-size Funko Pop of Stranger Things’ protagonist Eleven (played by Millie Bobby Brown) that guards the front door in her blonde wig, clutching her favorite snack, Eggo waffles.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Guys over and under 25 are of course the catch, with female tracking in line with other similar to recent fanboy installments of Planet of the Apes, Transformers and Ghostbusters.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Fanboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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