Meanings
plural Thronies
- slanglifestyleA fan of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. or the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire it is based on.
Back then, hard-core Thronies were probably still playing “The Rains of Castamere” on their lutes, […]
2014 June 16, Melissa Maerz, “'Game of Thrones' review: All men truly must die”, in Entertainment Weekly2 more examples
It takes a special breed of fan to get up early for a 12-hour Game of Thrones marathon, but it takes a true "Thronie" to do it the morning after a midnight screening of The Hunger Games.
2012, Graham Templeton, "This throne's for you", Metro (Vancouver), 23 March 2012 - 25 March 2012, page 4A diehard Thronie, as fans of the television fantasy series sometimes call themselves, the student from the Indian city of Chennai chides her fellow fans to gather for a group photo with the intertwining, enclosing trees of the Dark Hedges, the location for a brief but memorable scene from the series, as background.
2014 July 4, Vincent Boland, “‘Game of Thrones’ brings fantastical footfall to Northern Ireland”, in Financial Times
Origin
From throne + -ie, referencing the television series Game of Thrones.
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Thronie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thronie
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