fanboi

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A form of fanboy — A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).

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Meanings

nounfanboi (plural fanbois)

plural fanbois

  1. alternativeinformalAlternative spelling of fanboy.

    […] I believe he only thinks the strip is so amusing because he and his fellow fanbois are suffering from a mass Garfield-like delusion.

    2007 July, Greg Vederman, PC Gamer
    2 more examples

    I'm one of Google's biggest proponents. I sign up for most Google services the day they are beta‐launched. But my Google-fanboi status notwithstanding, I am predicting that Adsense's effectiveness is only going to decline...

    2007, Ravi Jayagopal, No Business Like E-Business

    One representation is the “fanboy” or “fanboi,” an unflattering stereotype of the male adolescent who is naively enthusiastic, extreme in his views […]

    2009, Chris McDonald, Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class: Dreaming in Middletown
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“fanboi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanboi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fanboi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fanboi.

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