fan service

A form of fanservice — Elements added to a television program or similar entertainment that appeal to avid fans but are of little interest to outsiders.

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Meanings

nounfan service (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of fanservice.

    As fan service goes, "KRP:AI" pretty much nails it without forgetting what made it popular in its own right.

    2006 Roanoke Times, "Video-game review: 'Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol'", January 23, 2007
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    President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.

    2025 June 7, Paul Rosenzweig, “The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness”, in The Atlantic
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APA

fan service. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20service

MLA

“fan service.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20service. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fan service,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fan%20service.

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