uberfan

plural uberfans · alternative uber fan · alternative über fan · alternative uber-fan · alternative über-fan · alternative überfan

1. informalAn extremely enthusiastic fan.

   Asked what he liked about Reggie Miller, Knicks uberfan and Miller foil Spike Lee told The New York Times […]

   2006 January, Andrew Putz, “The Eight Annual Airball Awards”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 130

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   Between the specially packaged, vinyl-only review copies that were seeded out to influential press that winter (including bloggers and gushy uberfans, as well as the usual glossy rag tastemakers and industry-friendly hacks), […]

   2004, Chris Handyside, Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of the White Stripes, St. Martins Press, →ISBN, page 209

   […] the one constant which pops up so charmingly every-so-often is that Visnja is an unapologetic U2 uberfan.

   2007, Dave Fanning, "Forward", in Višnja Cogan, U2: An Irish Phenomenon, Pegasus Books (2008), page x

   Synonyms: megafan, stan, superfan, trufan