fangirl

English

Etymology

fan +‎ girl

Doctor Who fangirls cosplaying the TARDIS

Noun

fangirl (plural fangirls)

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

Synonyms

fanne, femfan, femme fan

Coordinate terms

fanboy

Derived terms

Translations

someone devoted to a single subject

Esperanto: zelotino

Finnish: fanittaja

Verb

fangirl (third-person singular simple present fangirls, present participle fangirling, simple past and past participle fangirled)

(intransitive) To behave like a fangirl; to be obsequious, star-struck, boy crazy, etc.

Anagrams

farling, flaring

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