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fanbole

A sweeping, exaggerated and often ludicrous sports statement that a fan makes when under the influence of an emotional sports event (and perhaps various substances).

Joe Posnanski from SI.com made this one up.
Fanbole (pronounced FAN-buh-lee) - If you see a shortstop make a diving stop and throw out a runner, you might say: "That's the greatest play I have ever seen." That would be a fanbole. It might be the greatest play you ever saw, but it probably isn't. In that moment, it feels that way.

If you see the Kansas City Chiefs give up against the Philadelphia Eagles like they did on Sunday, you might say: "This is the worst football team in the history of the NFL." That too would be a fanbole. The Chiefs are terrible, but they are probably not the worst team in NFL history. Probably not.

You call a player the worst ever, a coach a genius, a general manager an idiot -- these are probably fanboles.
by Jason from Minneapolis September 29, 2009
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Fanboyant

His repated use of "Desu" made it clear that he was rather fanboyant.
by Homonopoly champ November 27, 2011
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apple fanboys

annoying shits who think every single apple product/feature is revolutionary, even though it was on something else before
OMG IPHONE 4S HAS 8MP CAMERA OOMG OMG.
dude, theres a 12MP camera on the Nokie N8
SHUT UP THEY COPIED ITTTTT
apple fanboys are annoying
by cocothecat11 January 22, 2012
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Apple fanboy

(n) a person who owns a Macbook, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, doesn't work in graphic design or something that would justify owning all Apple products, is probably a hipster working on their screenplay, and who believes that somehow, that makes them better than you.
Fanboy: "You use a PC? Oh, this? It's just my Macbook Air. I'm using it to write my memoirs. Macs don't get viruses, you know."

Human: "You're an Apple fanboy, and I'm going to immediately disregard anything you say about technology ever."
by drooooiiiiiid January 28, 2012
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halo fanboy

Halo fanboys are generally people so devoted to Halo that they'll play no other game. If someone dislikes the game then the fanboy will throw a fit.
Most Halo fanboys (not to be steriotypical) are 12-year-olds.
Man TV: "GTA SA just came out on the Xbox and I'm loving it better than Halo!!"
Halo fanboy: "growlingGggrrr, shudup you stupid ijit Halo is 5,000,000 times better than stupid GTA!!!"
Or;
Gamer: "Hey I like Halo and all but Halo 2 was kinda overrated ya know what I'm sayi--"
Halo fanboy: "--Shuddup Halo was not overrated it is the r0xx0r5!!!"
by caffiene4671 August 31, 2005
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Closet Fanboy

A fanboy who is ashamed to be enthusiastic and excited about a product or property because it makes them feel nerdy. Usually they gang up on the fanboys on blogs, reviews, and chat rooms.
The Closet Fanboys were out in full force today on Amazon hating the new Star Wars special edition Blu-ray release.
by carbonadam January 7, 2011
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Japanese fanboy

Someone who is of non-Japanese culture but desperately wants to be one, probably watched a lot of anime, and goes to Japanese language classes.
Daksh is such a Japanese fanboy, he was up till 4:30am watching anime.
by Haloxx December 27, 2016
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