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'Bout time..........
I think JR had something to do with this.......
July 8, 2008, 02:43 PM — GamePro — Thanks to the new Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, the word fanboy is now officially a member of the English language. The folks behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary have added more than 100 words and phrases to the new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary, and a popular gaming-related one is among them. The word? Fanboy, that popular go-to word on gaming forums and comment threads across the Internet. Here's the official definition, as found in the Collegiate Dictionary, along with the year when Merriam-Webster first saw its unofficial usage. You'll never guess how old it is! "Fanboy n. (1919): [a] boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies." Or video game consoles, *cough, cough* |
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My great-grand-dad told me about a forum back in the day. Mail would be sent out once per week with copies of new messages left about topics du jour. In the forum for baseball umpires, some fan left a message that his team was treated unfairly by the PU. A responde by a guy named Jurassic Umpire said, "piss off fanboy". IIRC, it was around 1919. This Jurassic Umpire fella was well-known... he was just entering retirement (age 65) in the 'teens.
Conicidence?
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Now I wonder if an addendum can be made to the definition relating to sports.
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