Fanboy vs Fagboy - What's the difference?
fanboy | fagboy |
(label) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1988
, month = August
, title = Comics
, first = Bart
, last = Bull
, magazine =
, issn = 0886-3032
, volume = 4
, issue = 5
, page = 41
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=XAZuVTiu8yMC&pg=PA41&dq=fanboys
, passage = (It's in the nature of comic book fanboy' obsessiveness that all of these Eras and Ages and such have been religiously chronicled; it's equally in their nature that no two ' fanboys can ever agree about anything about any of these Ages and Eras; everything is up for debate, eternally and in microscopic detail.)
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* {{quote-magazine
, year = 1998
, month = September
, title = Exposure: Tales From the Dark Side
, first = Brian
, last = Doherty
, magazine =
, issn = 0886-3032
, volume = 14
, issue = 9
, page = 108
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=-5EbyHNqgkwC&pg=PA108&dq=fanboys
, passage = Six years and seven titles later, their company, Top Cow, is the third-biggest-grossing comic line, thanks mainly to a pair of blood-soaked, modern-day Gothics that have been a hit both with fanboys and a growing number of women.
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* {{quote-news
, date = 2008-12-10
, title = What's so great about Macs?
, first = Tim
, last = Barribeau
, newspaper = (The Sydney Morning Herald)
, issn = 0312-6315
, url = http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/whats-so-great-about-macs-20090615-cb42.html
, accessdate = 2012-10-20
, passage = Apple fanboys have always devoted equal parts of their mind to genuine reasons to praise their chosen corporation, and to blindly ignoring its faults.
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(derogatory, LGBT) A contemptible young gay man, sometimes partially a term of endearment for a submissive bottom or sex partner.
* 1996 , Stephen King, Rode Madder ,
* 2006 , Michael J. Vaughn, Double Blind ,
* 2010 , David S. Schow, Internecine ,
As nouns the difference between fanboy and fagboy
is that fanboy is a male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media) while fagboy is a contemptible young gay man, sometimes partially a term of endearment for a submissive bottom or sex partner.fanboy
English
(wikipedia fanboy)Alternative forms
* fanboiNoun
(en noun)Coordinate terms
* fangirlSee also
* geek * nerd * otakufagboy
English
Alternative forms
* fag boy, fag-boyNoun
(en noun)link
- “You give the term eat me a whole new meaning, don't you, fagboy ? Just sucking his cock wasn't enough for you, was it?
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- “Big ol' fagboy , that's all y'are, jus' love a big ol' cock up your asshole. Makes ya drool, gives you a boner jus' thinkin' 'bout that cock.
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- As soon as the door thunks shut and the bolts clank, he says, “What the fuck you looking at, fagboy ?”