fanboys

Obsessive male admirers

Fanboys is a mnemonic for the coordinating conjunctions in English: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

These seven words join grammatically equal elements—words, phrases, or clauses: I wanted to go, but I was too tired.

The term is taught in grammar classes as a memory aid.

Separately, fanboys (singular fanboy) are obsessive male enthusiasts of media franchises, games, or technology.

enthusiasts

devotee

Zealous admirer or follower

  • superfanExtremely devoted follower
  • zealotObsessive cause supporter
  • stanObsessive celebrity follower

follower · admirer · groupie · aficionado · partisan · disciple · acolyte · cheerleader · booster · loyalist

conjunctions

and

Together with also

  • butContrast introducer
  • orChoice-linking conjunction
  • norNegative conjunction

for · yet · so · coordinating · linking words · connectors · joining words · compound sentences · parallelism · comma splice

mnemonic

acronym

Word made from initials

language learning

Categories
Opposites
level of enthusiasm/devotion

fanboysnormies

Conventional, unremarkable people

agnostics · neutrals · non-fans · casuals · casual users

critical stance

fanboyshaters

Those who loathe

critics · skeptics · detractors · naysayers · trolls

gender-marked fandom

fanboysfangirls

Obsessive female admirers

Family

fanboy, fanboying, fanboyed

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG