"fanboi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fanbois [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fanboi (plural fanbois)
  1. (informal) Alternative spelling of fanboy Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: fanboy
    Sense id: en-fanboi-en-noun-SCZ1dmpM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] I believe he only thinks the strip is so amusing because he and his fellow fanbois are suffering from a mass Garfield-like delusion.",
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          "ref": "2007, Ravi Jayagopal, No Business Like E-Business:",
          "text": "I'm one of Google's biggest proponents. I sign up for most Google services the day they are beta‐launched. But my Google-fanboi status notwithstanding, I am predicting that Adsense's effectiveness is only going to decline...",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Chris McDonald, Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class: Dreaming in Middletown:",
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          "ref": "2007, Ravi Jayagopal, No Business Like E-Business:",
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