fancam

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noun

Amateur film footage of a celebrity taken unofficially by a fan.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounfancam (plural fancams)

plural fancams

  1. chiefly South Korean idol fandomAmateur film footage of a celebrity taken unofficially by a fan.

    EXID's Hani has made a splash with her fancam in 2014 and is now regarded as one of the hottest female idol stars.

    2018, UK Jung, #KpopSecret
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    A smorgasbord of extras enable the Beastie fiend to view the concert from other, remote-controlled cameras and jump in and out of different fancams, even accompanying one concertgoer on a trip to the bog.

    2006, Mojo, numbers 154-157

    He didn't seem tired when he was onstage, but Jin-woo had seen a number of backstage videos and some candid shots, not to mention fancams following Ki-tae everywhere, where Ki-tae just looked exhausted. Did Vampires get exhausted?

    2019, E. T. Malinowski, Night Kiss

    In addition to the live coverage on TV, YouTube, and various news and entertainment websites, countless short clips edited for maximum virality have circulated on Instagram and TikTok — “fancams,” in social media parlance, featuring forensic analyses of Mr. Depp’s and Ms. Heard’s trial attire, and courtroom exchanges that have been described as “SAVAGE.”

    2022 April 29, Ezra Marcus, “Johnny Depp Case Brings Stan Culture Into the Courtroom”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. broadlyAn edit which incorporates fancams.
  3. slanglifestyleAn edit, such as an AMV, which features clips from a piece of media, generally surrounding a single character.

Origin

Translations

Arabic فانكام, فان كام
  • فانكامfootage
  • فان كام (fān kām)footage
Chinese Mandarin 飯拍 /饭拍
  • 飯拍 /饭拍 (fànpāi)footage
Japanese チッケム
  • チッケム (chikkemu)footage
Korean 직캠
  • 직캠 (jik'kaem)footage
Spanish fancam
  • fancamfootage
Cite this entry
APA

fancam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fancam

MLA

“fancam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fancam. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fancam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fancam.

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