• Uberfan

    Origin

    - + fan

    Full definition of uberfan

    Noun

    uberfan

    (plural uberfans)
    1. (informal) An extremely enthusiastic fan.
      • 2006, Andrew Putz, "The Eight Annual Airball Awards", Indianapolis Monthly, January 2006, 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 (2004), ISBN 9780312336189, 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 ViÅ¡nja Cogan, U2: An Irish Phenomenon, Pegasus Books (2008), ISBN 9781933648712, 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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