'Fanboy' makes Merriam-Webster's list of new English words

Thanks to the new Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, the word fanboy is now officially a member of the English language.

Let's see... what's a word for

Let's see... what's another word for "obnoxious loser...?"

The folks behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary have added more than 100 words and phrases to the new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary, and a popular gaming-related one is among them.

The word? Fanboy, that popular go-to word on gaming forums and comment threads across the Internet.

Here's the official definition, as found in the Collegiate Dictionary, along with the year when Merriam-Webster first saw its unofficial usage. You'll never guess how old it is!

"Fanboy n. (1919): [a] boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies." Or video game consoles, *cough, cough*

That's right, readers. Back in the day there were Ford Model T fanboys, among many others throughout the years.

THE VERDICT by Jack Loftus Jack Loftus's Avatar This is a sign of the End Times. Fanboys have been officially recognized? We'll never hear the end of this now!

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greensabre

The word is so worn out around here I can barely stand to type it, let alone ever speak it. The first time I heard it was the name of Walt Flanagan's character in the Kevin Smith universe starting with Mallrats and I thought it was pretty funny. Then I came here and the word gets tossed around in every other post.

ticl

lol what morons is gamepro becoming. sports related. nothing to do with gaming. i heard this the other day when they were explaining what it meant. had nothing to do with gaming[as for consoles]. shows your intellegence gamepro. you guys must all own 360,s.

StormKing

ticl Posted at: 07/08/08 at 8:23 AM PST lol what morons is gamepro becoming. sports related. nothing to do with gaming. i heard this the other day when they were explaining what it meant. had nothing to do with gaming[as for consoles]. shows your intellegence gamepro. you guys must all own 360,s.
ticl.....WTF are you talking about!?

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