Used in a Sentence

fanboy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fanboy.

Editorial note

It's as if everyone Apple fanboy who was rejected by Apple's UX department is now making GTK themes.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

(fandom slang, intransitive) To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fanboy gathered in one view.

verb

(fandom slang, intransitive) To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.

noun

(fandom slang, often derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fanboy.

verb

(fandom slang, intransitive) To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.

noun

(fandom slang, often derogatory) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).

Example sentences

1

It's as if everyone Apple fanboy who was rejected by Apple's UX department is now making GTK themes.

2

But Gruber (fanboy that he is) is drawing the conclusion that AT&T must be at fault.

3

It just reeks of fanboy drivel, not a well-reasoned analysis taking into account multiple viewpoints.

4

I'm a bit of an MS fanboy but I'll admit deploying on Windows is a pain in the ass.

5

Gavan's work is outstanding to say the least, I haven't felt like such a fanboy in a very long time.

6

The expectation gap after reading fanboy blogs for years is pretty huge.

7

There are hundreds of online benchmarks, huge fanboy communities, et cetera.

8

PostgreSQL is undeniably awesome, but please don't fanboy yourself into ignorance.

9

I don't use stripe nor a Visa fanboy but I know this industry very well -- I spent awful lot of time there.

10

Dunno who downvoted me, some fanboy probably.

11

And I'm not exactly a google fanboy, to put it mildly.

12

This is definetly Google fanboy country.

Quote examples

1

My only point was that there is a difference between "responded when prompted" and "actively sought out information to exchange." I'm definitely no Google fanboy.

2

"It's as if everyone Apple fanboy who was rejected by Apple's UX department is now making GTK themes." Or most of them probably just gave up making GTK themes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fanboy in a sentence?

It's as if everyone Apple fanboy who was rejected by Apple's UX department is now making GTK themes.

What does fanboy mean?

(fandom slang, intransitive) To worship, support, drool over the object of affection; to be a fanboy.

What part of speech is fanboy?

fanboy is commonly used as verb, noun.