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[racechick]

Ive heard the term bandied about a lot on here, usually intended to be derogatory, so I just wondered what people actually think it means? In the literal sense its a fan, who is a male or female. But being called a fan is ok-pleasant connotations; being called a fanboy or fangirl-not so pleasant,the user wants to insult.
The word fan itself comes from fanatic. Theres a load of stuff written about it on wikki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_(person)

I just wondered what other people's take was. How they feel if they're called a fan boy or girl and what insult is intended when using the term.

Little things please little minds in the off season I'll find some other trivia to post soon

[McLaren]

I would class them as someone so blinkered that they can't see fault in anything they do.Like blaming a team leader ,when say they have off track problems

I really have no idea what people would class as a fanboy /girl.Someone that shows passion for the people they support perhaps?.People slate others for wearing the driver/team colours.Not being able to see fault in anything someone does,blaming others for there drivers mistakes.Jumping on the bandwagon when a driver is winning.Add this lot together and perhaps thats what people would class as one ?.

[andrew]

Fanboys and fangirls differ from real fans and are obvious as those who can't stand to hear or read anything even slightly critical about who they support (seriously, it's like Kryptonite to them). They go beyond that of normal fans in that they can't take even constructive criticism. If anyone (with experience) dares to offer their favourite driver advice, despite them saying some encouraging things, the fanboys and fangirls have to run to their nearest internet forum and create some sort of conspiracy theory or blow things out of all proportion and pour hate on the person offering advice and anyone who tries to reason with them. Fanboys and fangirls are the scourge of internet forums and ruin many a good forum by going over the top and having an inability to be objective and end up chasing away a lot of the more serious and good forum members. They are also easily identifiable with invention of the non-word "hater" which also forms most of their counter arguments. They don't often win many arguments but they are often left to ramble on as all the sensible posters will eventually give up, thus giving the impression that the fanboy/girl has won and has succeeded in transforming their misguided opinion into fact. They are the sort of members I would ban without any moral dilemmas’ what-so-ever.

[What's Burning?]

On the other hand, the term is overused by some to dismiss arguments against them.

[Hammer278]

Fanboys and fangirls differ from real fans and are obvious as those who can't stand to hear or read anything even slightly critical about who they support (seriously, it's like Kryptonite to them). They go beyond that of normal fans in that they can't take even constructive criticism. If anyone (with experience) dares to offer their favourite driver advice, despite them saying some encouraging things, the fanboys and fangirls have to run to their nearest internet forum and create some sort of conspiracy theory or blow things out of all proportion and pour hate on the person offering advice and anyone who tries to reason with them. Fanboys and fangirls are the scourge of internet forums and ruin many a good forum by going over the top and having an inability to be objective and end up chasing away a lot of the more serious and good forum members. They are also easily identifiable with invention of the non-word "hater" which also forms most of their counter arguments. They don't often win many arguments but they are often left to ramble on as all the sensible posters will eventually give up, thus giving the impression that the fanboy/girl has won and has succeeded in transforming their misguided opinion into fact. They are the sort of members I would ban without any moral dilemmas’ what-so-ever.

Nice self description!

[andrew]

Of who?

Go fish somewhere else chief. I'm not playing your games today.

[What's Burning?]

Boys...

[bud]

Fanatic itself, introduced into English around 1550.

Fanboy, fan same thing...

[darwin dali]

I'm a fan goyl

[stonemonkey]

No RC, it's fanboi. Not sure what the female is though.

[stonemonkey]

I'm a fan goyl

[scotty]

Fanboy/girl = someone who lets their fanaticism get in the way of reality.

[elfinitty]

They are blindened with the admiration for someone and if you say something bad for the person they are fan of they attack you physically and/or with insults.Being through them is something undesirable,they are there to drive someone crazy.And also they dont have actual thoughts just admiration.

[What's Burning?]

I'm a fan goyl

I am a fan goyim.

[LewEngBridewell]

The term gets thrown round a lot here, sometimes just as banter but also sometimes as a derogative remark. I see it as a term which is representative of a die-hard fan of a certain driver or team, who refuses to take a broader view. Wars thus develop when fanboys/girls take criticism of their favourite team / driver as an insult.