Chalamaniac

English

Etymology

Blend of Chalamet +‎ -maniac.

Noun

Chalamaniac (plural Chalamaniacs)

1. (slang) A fan of American and French actor Timothée Chalamet (born 1995).
   • 2019 January 23, Mark Daniell, “Snubs & surprises: Roma and The Favourite lead Oscar race, while others fail to leave the starting gate”, in Vancouver Sun, page C1:

     SORRY, CHALAMANIACS / Rising star Timothée Chalamet received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Critics’ Choice noms for his role as a drug addict in Beautiful Boy. But the Oscars passed on him and the entire film, which was shut out altogether.

   • 2019 October 25, Ty Burr, “A lively touch of Harry in the night”, in The Boston Globe, volume 296, number 117, page G6:

     […] make no mistake — Chalamet is the star. I brought a young Chalamaniac on the Globe staff with me to the screening, and we both sighed happily for the film’s two-plus hours, she for her boy king and me at all the pop-history pageantry that’s saved from self-seriousness (mostly) by the pleasures of craft.

   • 2021 September 24, “Has comedy king Larry joined the Chalamaniacs?”, in The Jewish Chronicle‎^[1]:

     Has comedy king Larry joined the Chalamaniacs? / LARRY DAVID and Hollywood darling Timothée Chalamet made an unlikely pairing in New York City where a paparazzi recently caught them having lunch […]

   • 2021 October 22, Brian Viner, “An epic rises from the SANDS”, in Daily Mail‎^[2]:

     If Dune is a hit, incidentally, then we are certain to get a sequel; this movie only covers half the story. I saw it at last month's Venice Film Festival, emerging from the premiere into a hysterical mob of ‘Chalamaniacs’ desperate for a glimpse of young Timothee.

   • 2022 September 5, David Mouriquand, “Timothée Chalamet wins Venice. Go home, everyone - it’s all over.”, in Euronews‎^[3]:

     To say the outfit went viral and provoked some transatlantic reactions is putting it mildly, with Chalamaniacs going Chalamaladingdong over his threads and casual observers plunging into throws of accoutrement funks worldwide, thinking “I should really spruce up my wardrobe for the fall.”