fangirlish

English

Etymology

fangirl +‎ -ish

Adjective

fangirlish (comparative more fangirlish, superlative most fangirlish)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fangirl.
   • 2005, Rhiannon Bury, Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 40:

     Hollis and Mrs. Hale immediately distanced themselves from fangirlish behaviors.

   • 2013, Leslie McMurtry, “Do It Yourself: Women, Fanzines and Doctor Who”, in Paul Booth, editor, Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 90:

     Emma Donovan and Chloe Hardy let loose torrents of 'fangirlish' emotion on the pages of FFAC, […]

   • 2013, Elissa Nysetvold, “More Beautiful than Tolkien”, in Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, editors, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dating Game: 101 Stories about Looking for Love and Finding Fairytale Romance!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 76:

     My name is Elissa, and I am a rabid fangirl. And that's okay! Thanks to my fangirlish tendencies, I'm also a wife.

Hypernyms

• fannish

Coordinate terms

• fanboyish