English

Noun

fanboi ‎(plural fanbois)

1. Alternative spelling of fanboy
   • 2007, Greg Vederman in PC Gamer (July 2007)

     ...I believe he only thinks the strip is so amusing because he and his fellow fanbois are suffering from a mass Garfield-like delusion.

   • 2007, Ravi Jayagopal, No Business Like E-Business

     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...

   • 2009, Chris McDonald, Rush, Rock Music, and the Middle Class: Dreaming in Middletown

     One representation is the “fanboy” or “fanboi,” an unflattering stereotype of the male adolescent who is naively enthusiastic, extreme in his views...