uberfan

English

Etymology

uber- +‎ fan

Noun

uberfan (plural uberfans)

  1. (informal) An extremely enthusiastic fan.
    • 2006 January, Andrew Putz, “The Eight Annual Airball Awards”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 130:
      Asked what he liked about Reggie Miller, Knicks uberfan and Miller foil Spike Lee told The New York Times […]
    • 2004, Chris Handyside, Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of the White Stripes, St. Martins Press, →ISBN, page 209:
      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), […]
    • 2007, Dave Fanning, "Forward", in Višnja Cogan, U2: An Irish Phenomenon, Pegasus Books (2008), →ISBN, page x:
      […] the one constant which pops up so charmingly every-so-often is that Visnja is an unapologetic U2 uberfan.

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