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sports fan en · NOUN

A term originally used by sportscasters to address the viewing public, later generalized to non-sports contexts.

A familiar form of address, a jocular term of endearment.
- "So listen up, sports fan. You just might learn something. " 2007 July 11, Jim Schembri, “The Shameless Thrills of Schadenfreude”, in The Age:
- Patrick: "Peter, you shouldn't encourage people to be fat. Fat people are immoral." Peter: "How do you figure, sports fan?" Patrick: "They're just bad, like that Jackie Gleason." 2005 November 27, Chris Sheridan, “The Fat Guy Strangler”, in Family Guy, season 4, episode 17, production code 4ACX20:
- "That's an expression my dad uses a lot. He calls people "sports fan." "How you doing there, sports fan?" 2013, Anne Serling, As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling, Citadel Press:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sports, fan.

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