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Fanboy is now a real word, OK to call people it

Submitted by The Game on Tuesday, July 8, 2008One Comment

“Fanboy” is just one of over 100 words to be added to the Miriam-Webster Dictionary this year. They specifically have it defined as “boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies.” Thankfully, the more derogatory “fanboi” is nowhere to be seen.

Other words added this year that I use on a regular basis: “Texas Hold ‘Em” (defined as The Cadillac of Poker… not really), “Webinar” (a part of my job is working on these), “Edamame” (delicious), “Dwarf Planet” (not a planet of Dwarves), and “Pescatarian” (though I’ll probably stick with “Vegetarian who eats some fish.”)

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Dave The Game is Dave Chalker, son of science fiction author Jack L. Chalker. In addition to being a semi-professional game designer Dave is the Editor-in-Chief of Critical Hits (which means he writes about everything.) Dave is also Executive Director of the RPG Bloggers Network. (Email Dave)

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  • Darvin said:

    damn dictionary fanbois… adding silly words like w00t and n00bz to our language.

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