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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Linguistic evil (pardon me, good...)

Fanboys rejoice! Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Oxford English Dictionary say that the word fanboy is now part of the English language! Still, fangirl exists only in popular speech. C’mon Señor Webster…

Fanboy
Pronunciation: \ˈfan-ˌboi\
Function: noun
Date: 1919 ([really? ML])
: a boy who is an enthusiastic devotee (as of comics or movies)

Usage example (a suggestion) throngs of Apple fanboys camp for a week on front of Apple stores to purchase Apple iPhone seven minutes before the sane part of the human race can do it without waiting.

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