Pokéfan en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocketbor. Japanese ポケット Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti Proto-Italic *man-eje- Proto-Italic *moneō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Proto-Italic *monestrom Latin mōnstrumbor. Old French monstrebor. Middle English monstre English monsterbor. Japanese モンスター Japanese ポケットモンスターclip. Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon)bor. English Pokémonclip. English Poké- Latin fānāticuslbor. ▲ French fanatiqueinflu. English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan English Pokéfan From Poké- + fan.
Meanings
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(slang) A fan or enthusiast of Pokémon.
When die-hard Pokéfans outside Japan discovered that portions of the original narrative were being withheld, they flocked to online chatrooms dedicated to the series, where they complained bitterly about censorship and debated various forms of protest.
2004, Hirofumi Katsuno, Jeffrey Meret, “Localizing the Pokémon TV Series for the American Market”, in Joseph Tobin, editor, Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 81:Few of even the most hard-core Pokéfans will ever have tried this, so just pulling together a copy of Pokémon XD for GameCube and two GameCube-Game Boy cables can deliver a play experience that they've never had before.
2007, Eli Neiburger, Gamers…in the Library?!: The Why, What, and How of Videogame Tournaments for All Ages, American Library Association, published 2007, →ISBN, page 71:This is fantastic... I've never met so many Pokéfans, and I've never seen so many Pikachu rucksacks around.
2000 November 12, Cliff Barnes, “My Whitby Diary”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokéfans | Number=Plur | lexicographic |