Thronie
nounUK /ˈθɹəʊ.ni/ · US /ˈθɹoʊ.ni/
Etymology From throne + -ie, referencing the television series Game of Thrones.
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Lifestyle Slang A fan of the American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones. or the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire it is based on.
- It takes a special breed of fan to get up early for a 12-hour Game of Thrones marathon, but it takes a true "Thronie" to do it the morning after a midnight screening of The Hunger Games.2012, Graham Templeton, "This throne's for you", Metro (Vancouver), 23 March 2012 - 25 March 2012, page 4
- Back then, hard-core Thronies were probably still playing “The Rains of Castamere” on their lutes, […]2014 June 16, Melissa Maerz, “'Game of Thrones' review: All men truly must die”, in Entertainment Weekly:
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- A diehard Thronie, as fans of the television fantasy series sometimes call themselves, the student from the Indian city of Chennai chides her fellow fans to gather for a group photo with the intertwining, enclosing trees of the Dark Hedges, the location for a brief but memorable scene from the series, as background.2014 July 4, Vincent Boland, “‘Game of Thrones’ brings fantastical footfall to Northern Ireland”, in Financial Times: