fanboy
English
noun
Definitions
- (fandom) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
Etymology
Compound from English fan (admirer, electrical device) + English boy (junior employee, person, male servant).
Origin
English
boy
Gloss
junior employee, person, male servant
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
人
Emoji
🏃 👤 👥 👦 👧 👨 👩 👯 👰 👲 👴 👵 👶 💃 💆 💇 🕴️ 🕺 🗣️ 🚶 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️ 🛌 🤵 🧑 🧑🍼 🧑🤝🧑 🧑🦰 🧑🦱 🧑🦲 🧑🦳 🧒 🧓 🧔 🧗 🧘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Chinaboy English
- Earthboy English
- Jewboy English
- Trekfan English
- Whiteboy English
- anti-fan English
- antiboy English
- bagboy English
- barboy English
- barrow boy English
- batboy English
- batty boy English
- beachboy English
- bellboy English
- bifan English
- bitchboy English
- blackboy English
- boitjie English
- boot boy English
- bootboy English
- boy English
- boychild English
- boycock English
- boydem English
- boydick English
- boydyke English
- boyeen English
- boyfriend English
- boyfucker English
- boyhood English
- boyish English
- boyism English
- boykin English
- boykind English
- boyleg English
- boyless English
- boylet English
- boylike English
- boyloving English
- boyly English
- boyness English
- boyology English
- boyproof English
- boyshorts English
- boyslash English
- boytoy English
- boyz English
- brotherboy English
- bumboy English
- busboy English
- bushboy English
- callboy English
- camboy English
- catboy English
- caveboy English
- chick boy English
- chickboy English
- choirboy English
- cisboy English
- confan English
- copyboy English
- cowboy English
- cuntboy English
- dayboy English
- demiboy English
- doughboy English
- drawboy English
- e-boy English
- eofan English
- fagboy English
- fakefan English
- fan English
- fan oven English
- fan-assisted oven English
- fan-blast English
- fanac English
- fanart English
- fanbearer English
- fanbelt English
- fanblog English
- fanboyish English
- fanboyishly English
- fanboyism English
- fanbrat English
- fancam English
- fancruft English
- fandom English
- fandumb English
- fanfest English
- fanfilm English
- fanflower English
- fanfold English
- fanfoot English
- fangame English
- fangirl English
- fanhood English
- fanjet English
- fanleaf English
- fanless English
- fanlike English
- fanling English
- fanlisting English
- fanmade English
- fanmix English
- fanner English
- fannish English
- fanout English
- fanpetal English
- fanservice English
- fanship English
- fansite English
- fanskate English
- fanspeak English
- fansplain English
- fanstuff English
- fantail English
- fantailed English
- fantard English
- fanvid English
- fanwank English
- fanwankery English
- fanware English
- fanwear English
- fanwise English
- fanwork English
- fanwort English
- fanwriter English
- fanwriting English
- farmboy English
- fisherboy English
- fly-boy English
- flyboy English
- footboy English
- fringefan English
- fuckboy English
- furfan English
- gayboy English
- glowboy English
- grandboy English
- herdboy English
- herdsboy English
- houseboy English
- keyboy English
- ladyboy English
- lardboy English
- lazyboy English
- leatherboy English
- liftboy English
- link boy English
- litfan English
- lolfan English
- manboy English
- mediafan English
- megafan English
- merboy English
- moneyboy English
- muscle boy English
- nancyboy English
- neofan English
- nerdboy English
- newsboy English
- nonfan English
- office boy English
- pageboy English
- paperboy English
- pieboy English
- pissboy English
- playboy English
- ploughboy English
- plowboy English
- ponyboy English
- postboy English
- potboy English
- propfan English
- pussyboy English
- quarterboy English
- railfan English
- refan English
- rudeboy English
- salesboy English
- sandboy English
- schoolboy English
- scooterboy English
- shopboy English
- showboy English
- sideboy English
- slaveboy English
- soulboy English
- starboy English
- stockboy English
- subfan English
- suckboy English
- superboy English
- superfan English
- tailfan English
- teaboy English
- toyboy English
- transboy English
- transfan English
- turbofan English
- turnboy English
- uberfan English
- unboy English
- water boy English
- whiteboy English
- wonderboy English
- wrenboy English
- zinefan English
- fani Finnish
- fānāticus Latin
- boy Hungarian
- boy Italian
- fan Italian
- boy Dutch, Flemish
- fan Dutch, Flemish
- boy French
- fan French
- ма́льчик Russian
- фан Russian
- fan Spanish, Castilian
- boy magia Portuguese
- fã Portuguese
- ボーイ Japanese
- fan Polish
- boy Middle English
- fan Middle English
- บ๋อย Thai
- แฟน Thai
- Boy Cebuano
- boy Cebuano
- rugby boy Cebuano
- boi Welsh
- beiggi Faroese
- fan hâm mộ Vietnamese
- בויטשיק Yiddish
- 팬 Korean
- បោយ Central Khmer
- boea Marshallese
- baimboi Tok Pisin
- boyi Hausa
- boy Sranan Tongo
- boe Bislama
- bwoy Jamaican Creole
- boe Pijin
- fan
- boy
- boyz
- eofan
- e-boy
- bifan
- refan
- boyly
- fanac
- unboy
- boylet
- manboy
- cowboy
- subfan
- boyish
- gayboy
- fandom
- fanvid
- batboy
- potboy
- merboy
- dayboy
- busboy
- fanner
- keyboy
- boyleg
- camboy
- confan
- boydem
- boytoy
- neofan
- bumboy
- fanart
- toyboy
- catboy
- boyism
- fancam
- lolfan
- nonfan
- litfan
- fanmix
- fanjet
- furfan
- Jewboy
- fagboy
- barboy
- boyeen
- cisboy
- fanout
- boykin
- bagboy
- pieboy
- flyboy
- teaboy
- cuntboy
- ladyboy
- fanship
- ponyboy
- pageboy
- boyness
- fanfilm
- sideboy
- boydick
- shopboy
- fanhood
- fanbrat
- lazyboy
- farmboy
- copyboy
- liftboy
- pissboy
- railfan
- zinefan
- propfan
- fanwear
- fanling
- footboy
- fanware
- boyless
- fanwort
- fakefan
- fanmade
- fanfest
- tailfan
- fanleaf
- boykind
- fantail
- bootboy
- fangirl
- bellboy
- demiboy
- fanless
- megafan
- callboy
- antiboy
- fanbelt
- boycock
- fantard
- boitjie
- fandumb
- herdboy
- fanwork
- sandboy
- lardboy
- fuckboy
- glowboy
- Trekfan
- fanfoot
- boydyke
- wrenboy
- fly-boy
- starboy
- drawboy
- turnboy
- nerdboy
- showboy
- boylike
- fangame
- boyhood
- playboy
- fansite
- fanlike
- plowboy
- suckboy
- rudeboy
- postboy
- uberfan
- bushboy
- newsboy
- soulboy
- fannish
- fanwank
- fanblog
- caveboy
- fanwise
- fanfold
- boychild
- choirboy
- mediafan
- grandboy
- bitchboy
- herdsboy
- chickboy
- slaveboy
- beachboy
- doughboy
- boot boy
- blackboy
- fanstuff
- superfan
- superboy
- fanspeak
- anti-fan
- pussyboy
- turbofan
- paperboy
- boyproof
- fanpetal
- transfan
- fanskate
- Earthboy
- whiteboy
- Chinaboy
- fan oven
- stockboy
- Whiteboy
- nancyboy
- link boy
- houseboy
- boyology
- transboy
- salesboy
- fancruft
- boyslash
- moneyboy
- ploughboy
- boyshorts
- fanflower
- fansplain
- fan-blast
- batty boy
- fantailed
- fringefan
- fanbearer
- fanboyism
- boyfucker
- fisherboy
- boyfriend
- chick boy
- water boy
- fanboyish
- boyloving
- schoolboy
- wonderboy
- fanwriter
- fanwankery
- muscle boy
- leatherboy
- quarterboy
- scooterboy
- office boy
- barrow boy
- fanservice
- fanwriting
- fanlisting
- brotherboy
- fanboyishly
- fan-assisted oven