: a boy or man who is an extremely or overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something
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Musk’s army of fanboys on X was as effusive as ever, but outside the hard-core Tesla bubble, the SUV was met with a flood of Nazi jokes following Musk’s Sieg heil–ish arm gesture at Trump’s inauguration.
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Patrick George, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
As established in the Disney+ series, Torres is a United States Air Force lieutenant and intelligence officer, and a big-time fanboy of all things Avengers.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Feb. 2025
That kind of fanboy speech shuts down difficult questions.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
Over the past six months, an account named Adrian Dittmann has triggered suspicion from Musk haters and fanboys alike for its participation in Twitter Spaces using a voice that sounds a lot like the site’s co-founder.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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Patrick George, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025
As established in the Disney+ series, Torres is a United States Air Force lieutenant and intelligence officer, and a big-time fanboy of all things Avengers.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Feb. 2025
That kind of fanboy speech shuts down difficult questions.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
Over the past six months, an account named Adrian Dittmann has triggered suspicion from Musk haters and fanboys alike for its participation in Twitter Spaces using a voice that sounds a lot like the site’s co-founder.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Fanboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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