Definition of fanboy
:a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something
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More in-depth coverage from one of the aforementioned Nintendo fanboys will follow.
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Christie is a huge Springsteen fanboy who has been to over 130 of his concerts, and Springsteen is totally open about his complete and utter disdain for Christie.
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Couldn't have been nicer to a young(ish) and possibly annoying fanboy.
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And yet, even as Trump seems determined to play the role of Putin fanboy and patsy, what is striking is how little the Russians have actively gotten from his administration.
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Andy Serkis, the actor who played the character in the Lord of the Rings movies, was on Late Night with Stephen Colbert Tuesday night and—at the LOTR fanboy/host's urging—
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The game is a fanboy wishlist of features strung together with slick graphics and animation.
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Whether his country's Supreme Court agrees - or thinks banning a fascistic party led by a Nazi fanboy is the surest route back to sobriety - will soon be seen.
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Now, however, Fox may be faced with a new problem: When there is serious news to watch, viewers aren’t going to go watch Trump fanboys air their grievances.
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First Known Use of fanboy
1919
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