fanbrat

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noun

An immature, obnoxious fan.

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Meanings

nounfanbrat (plural fanbrats)

plural fanbrats

  1. derogatoryslanglifestyleAn immature, obnoxious fan.

    Normally I imagine fanbrats like heroes who `kick ass'.

    1994 December 8, Rodney Payne, “Re: Female Superheroes Superpowers”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet)
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    I can understand fleeing the "fanbrats" that very popular animes can attract, but in a show like Utena, I don't quite see the point.

    2006 March 24, anne.elisa, “Re: Random thoughts on the Utena musical...”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet)

    The fanbrats who'd invariably mobbed him backstage at the height of his fame, […]

    2014, Simon Spurrier, Elite: Nemorensis, Gollancz, →ISBN

Origin

From fan + brat.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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