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fangirl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfænˌɡɝl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From fan + girl.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).
    • It's often an all or nothing world for the fangirl who has yet to learn to bridle the imagination. She is notorious for being incapable of passively enjoying stories. 2016, Kathleen Smith, The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal, Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fangirls Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

fanboy

Deriveds

fangirlish · fangirly · fangirlism

Synonyms

femfan · fanne · femme fan

Translations (4)

ru фанатка (someone devoted to a single subject) · bg запаля́нка (someone devoted to a single subject) · fi fanityttö (someone devoted to a single subject) · eo zelotino (someone devoted to a single subject)

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fangirl en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfænˌɡɝl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From fan + girl.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To behave like a fangirl; to be obsequious, star-struck, boy crazy, etc.
    • Letterboxd, armed with the tri-colour microphone which has become their viral go-to, recently attended the red carpet of the BAFTAs. As one TikToker put it, on seeing the famous mic, Paul Mescal fangirled. 2024 February 29, Jack King, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ:
    • I bought the magazines, ran home after work, filmed myself flipping through the pages—half legitimately fangirling over the boys, half making fun of people like myself who fangirl over the boys. 2015, Tyler Oakley, Binge, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fangirled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fangirled Tense=Past lexicographic
fangirls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fangirling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

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