uberfan

noun

uberfan

noun

Etymology From uber- + fan.

1

Informal An extremely enthusiastic fan.

  • Asked what he liked about Reggie Miller, Knicks uberfan and Miller foil Spike Lee told The New York Times […]2006 January, Andrew Putz, “The Eight Annual Airball Awards”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 130:
  • Between the specially packaged, vinyl-only review copies that were seeded out to influential press that winter (including bloggers and gushy uberfans, as well as the usual glossy rag tastemakers and industry-friendly hacks), […]2004, Chris Handyside, Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of the White Stripes, St. Martins Press, →ISBN, page 209:
1 more example
  • […] the one constant which pops up so charmingly every-so-often is that Visnja is an unapologetic U2 uberfan.2007, Dave Fanning, "Forward", in Višnja Cogan, U2: An Irish Phenomenon, Pegasus Books (2008), page x
Synonyms
megafan, stan, superfan, trufan

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