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Non-fans are often called Muggles [88] Harry Styles: Harries Musician / Actor [164] Hayden Christensen: Stanakins Actor Combination of the word "stan" and the character Anakin Skywalker, which was portrayed by Christensen. [165] Hello Internet: Tims Podcast [166] Hinatazaka46: Ohisama Music group A slang for the Sun, since hinata means "sunny ...
Fans at a recital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado, stan or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video game or an entertainer.
fandub: Short for fan-made dub, describing a film or video in which fans have voiced over the dialogue. [26] fansub: Short for fan-made subtitles, describing a film or video in which fans have translated and subtitled the dialogue into another language. [22] fudanshi (腐男子, "rotten boy"): A male fan of yaoi. [27]
Though fan groups have existed for as long as musicians have elicited screams from their adoring audiences, the social media era has elevated the statuses of these groups and given them more power.
[21] [22] The usage of the word is a source of contention among some fans, owing to its negative connotations and stereotyping of the fandom. Widespread English exposure to the term came in 1988 with the release of Gunbuster, which refers to anime fans as otaku. Gunbuster was released officially in English in March 1990.
The Guardian credits rap culture and Black vernacular language as early pioneers of the word, with A Tribe Called Quest releasing "Vibes and Stuff" in 1991 and Quincy Jones notably launching Vibe ...
The editor in chief of the North American Journal of Psychology has spent more than two decades researching fan behavior and defining its different expressions, finding that it can be innocent but ...
Fans have held the annual World Science Fiction Convention since 1939, along with many other events each year, and has created its own jargon, sometimes called "fanspeak". [8] In addition, the Society for Creative Anachronism , a medievalist re-creation group, has its roots in science fiction fandom and was founded by members thereof. [ 9 ]