different between femfan vs fangirl

English

Etymology

Blend of female +? fan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?mfæn/
• Rhymes: -?mfæn
• Homophone: femme fan

Noun

femfan (plural femfans or femfen)

1. (dated, sometimes derogatory, fandom slang) A female science fiction fan.

Synonyms

• fangirl, fanne, femme fan

English

Etymology

fan +? girl

Noun

fangirl (plural fangirls)

1. (fandom slang) A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).

   Synonyms: fanne, femfan, femme fan

   Coordinate term: fanboy

Derived terms

• fangirlish
• fangirlism

Translations

Verb

fangirl (third-person singular simple present fangirls, present participle fangirling, simple past and past participle fangirled)

1. (intransitive) To behave like a fangirl; to be obsequious, star-struck, boy crazy, etc.
   • 2015, Tyler Oakley, Binge, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     I bought the magazines, ran home after work, filmed myself flipping through the pages—half legitimately fangirling over the boys, half making fun of people like myself who fangirl over the boys.

Anagrams

• farling, flaring