Gleek

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of Glee and geek

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Noun

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Gleek (plural Gleeks)

  1. (fandom slang) A fan of the television show Glee.
    • 2009 September 7, Jason Wuthrich, “Re: OT what new shows are you looking forward to seeing this fall season?”, in alt.tv.american-idol[1] (Usenet):
      I'm more of a Gleek myself.
    • 2010, Evie Parker, 100% Gleek: The Unofficial Guide to Glee:
    • 2010 February 3, Fred X, “Re: Glee - the woman from Pushing Daisies”, in uk.media.tv.misc[2] (Usenet):
      Well I thought she looked quite cute, so I Googled her. I'm not yet a full on Gleek, honest!
    • 2010 April 17, "Jessica and Goldina", "anyone try the Glee app?", in "VIPhone" (Google Groups group):
      are there any other Gleeks out here in viPhone land? I saw on my facebook today that there's a Glee app!! $2.99 so I grabbed it. maybe I shouldn't have seeing all the financial stress I'm currently under but I'm a Gleek in a big way!! so I couldn't resist!! I needed to check it out!!!
    • 2010 April 30, Zoot, “Re: Glee-------”, in alt.x.y[3] (Usenet):
      Yep... I'm a "Gleek"! (I'm sure it's partially due to being in band in high school, as we usually did a medley of songs from a musical during each performance.)
    • 2010 September 24, Kate Stanhope, “Do You Mind That Glee Can't Keep a Secret?”, in TVGuide[4]:
      Fair warning: One is the beginning of a musical number that's been on every Gleek's watch-list since Spears tweeted this pic.
    • 2010 September 27, Don Del Grande, “Re: 09/26/2010 New Episode”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):
      And you call yourself a Gleek...

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