fankid

English

Etymology

From fan +‎ kid.

Noun

fankid (plural fankids)

1. An enthusiastic or obsessive fan.

   Hyponyms: fanboy, fangirl

   • 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 32:

     The fankids go totally overboard, doing all this research online, re-creating every detail, right down to the brand of soy milk their celebrity keeps in the fridge or the mosaic tiling in the bathroom or the guest lists for their parties.

   • 2010, J.D. Biersdorfer, iBooks and ePeriodicals on the iPad: The Mini Missing Manual, O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN:

     Instead, Marvel regularly uploads digital editions of older comics to its online store for iPad fankids to browse and buy a la carte.

   • 2016, Tricia Barr, “Fangirls flying high!”, in The Best of Star Wars Insider, volume 4, Titan, →ISBN, page 103:

     My Fangirls Going Rogue co-host Teresa Delgado proudly admits her best fandom moments were discovered in the prequel trilogy and has become an enthusiastic advocate for fankids.

   • 2017, Jen Wilde, “Acknowledgments”, in Queens of Geek, New York, N.Y.: Swoon Reads, →ISBN:

     So to all the fangirls, fanboys, and fankids out there who let their geek flags fly and make our community fun and welcoming for all, thank you.

   • 2020, Shauna Holyoak, Kazu Jones and the Comic Book Criminal, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

     I’m grateful to creators who build worlds our little fankids have enjoyed for nearly a decade now and will probably continue to love and share for decades to come.

   • 2021, Miles Booy, Interpreting Star Wars: Reading a Modern Film Franchise, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:

     The anticipation and fan-bonding which [Todd] Hanson writes about are dramatised in the low-budget indie movie Fanboys (Kyle Newman, 2009). […] The metaphor is an obvious one: geeky fankids are the rebellion.

   • 2022, Simon Williams, Pandamonium!: How (Not) to Run a Record Label, Nine Eight Books, →ISBN:

     These cheeky tykes lined up alongside Laurel, Ankst, Nude, Domino, Wurlitzer Jukebox and dozens more dangerously optimistic music fankids.