Meanings
- uncountableThe state or condition of being a superfan; extremely strong fandom.
I'm so sorry. If the Foo Fighters had talked to me about my superfandom I would have been embarrassed too.
2013, Corey Ann Haydu, OCD Love Story, New York, N.Y. […]: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 2152 more examples
Jimmy lives his life in a quiet but constant glow of public affection and love. It is the flip side of, for example, Madonna. Her life is lived in the constant glare of superfandom.
1991, Armand Deutsch, Me and Bogie: And Other Friends and Acquaintances from a Life in Hollywood and Beyond, New York, N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 248I became a fan in the late 1980s and have attended nine of the band's concerts, though I probably fall short of superfandom.
2023 April 28, Theodore Kim, “U2's Music Shaped My Life. Then It Helped Save It.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023
Origin
From superfan + -dom or super- + fandom.
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