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Fanboy is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Fanboy in a sentence

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Fanboy meaning

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

Using Fanboy

  • The main meaning on this page is: A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
  • In the example corpus, fanboy often appears in combinations such as: the fanboy, fanboy who, fanboy rant.

Context around Fanboy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Fanboy

  • In this selection, "fanboy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, superhero, food, mickey, rant, rob and garcia stand out and add context to how "fanboy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a flash fanboy who hoped and a nintendo fanboy born bred. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fanboy" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fanboy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Todd Black is a Nintendo fanboy, born, bred, and Mushroom fed! (11 words)

Before anyone starts to complain, this isn’t some fanboy rant. (11 words)

Furthermore, Cornish’s infectiously likable fanboy spirit is on full display here. (12 words)

Anyhow, now a whole new generation of moviegoers will be able to experience The Wachowski's on the big screen for the first time, and that warms this here fanboy's heart. (32 words)

Originally a Flash fanboy who hoped to emulate the Scarlet Speedster, Thawne's adoration turned to anger when a time-displaced Barry Allen stole his thunder and ruined his heroic debut. (31 words)

So I always kind of looked forward to that challenge and I sort of was into that because of my childhood fanboy love of horror and fantasy and science fiction. (30 words)

Todd Black is a Nintendo fanboy, born, bred, and Mushroom fed! (11 words)

Example sentences (20)

Avid lover of film, pop culture enthisiast, and superhero fanboy, Rob has more than a decade of experience in the media industry.

Fanboy’s first project is adapted by Kirstie Swain from the darkly comic YA novel by CJ Skuse.

Fanboy’s TV output will be executive produced by Walters alongside Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw.

I’m a bit of a British food fanboy, so I really like it.

I’ve reached 50 now and have been gaming since ZX Spectrum days and have never considered myself a fanboy one way or the other.

Joining the two Netflix actresses is Danny Ramirez, who's known for his role as Lt. Mickey 'Fanboy' Garcia in Tom-Cruise starring flick 'Top Gun: Maverick'.

Originally a Flash fanboy who hoped to emulate the Scarlet Speedster, Thawne's adoration turned to anger when a time-displaced Barry Allen stole his thunder and ruined his heroic debut.

So he acknowledges the need to avoid the temptation to turn into "a fanboy" when writing the biography.

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The ultimate Straw Hat fanboy, Bartolomeo has idealized Luffy ever since he saw the Straw Hat escape an execution with a smile on his face.

Todd Black is a Nintendo fanboy, born, bred, and Mushroom fed!

For this Spider-Man fanboy, there's (almost) no beating Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Purnell, Swain and Jones executive produce alongside Sky Studios commissioning editor Manpreet Dosanjh, Patrick Walters for Fanboy and Helen Gregory, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw.

Before anyone starts to complain, this isn’t some fanboy rant.

Depp made the classic fanboy mistake of focusing only on the glamorous, external trappings of his heroes.

However, as time has progressed and Bayless has grown more and more desperate and intolerable, his behavior while portraying his Brady fanboy character has grown increasingly bizarre.

It's a pointless fanboy rant about a movie that came out a month ago.

So I always kind of looked forward to that challenge and I sort of was into that because of my childhood fanboy love of horror and fantasy and science fiction.

Anyhow, now a whole new generation of moviegoers will be able to experience The Wachowski's on the big screen for the first time, and that warms this here fanboy's heart.

Furthermore, Cornish’s infectiously likable fanboy spirit is on full display here.

It’s surprising to see what a high Rotten Tomatoes score this movie has, given the reputation it’s gone on to earn in the fanboy community.

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Common combinations with fanboy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "fanboy" in a sentence?
An example: "Avid lover of film, pop culture enthisiast, and superhero fanboy, Rob has more than a decade of experience in the media industry." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "fanboy" from authentic English texts.
What does "fanboy" mean?
Fanboy means: A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
How many example sentences with "fanboy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "fanboy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.