Fangirl

Quick meaning: Fangirl is a noun meaning (fandom slang) A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).

Meaning

(fandom slang) A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To behave like a fangirl; to be obsequious, star-struck, boy crazy, etc.

Example Sentences

It's often an all or nothing world for the fangirl who has yet to learn to bridle the imagination. She is notorious for being incapable of passively enjoying stories.

I bought the magazines, ran home after work, filmed myself flipping through the pages—half legitimately fangirling over the boys, half making fun of people like myself who fangirl over the boys.

Letterboxd, armed with the tri-colour microphone which has become their viral go-to, recently attended the red carpet of the BAFTAs. As one TikToker put it, on seeing the famous mic, Paul Mescal fangirled.

Word Forms

• fangirls
• fangirling
• fangirled

Synonyms for fangirl

Depending on context, synonyms include fanne, femfan.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fanboy, fanne, femfan, fangal, mediafan, fanboi.

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