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Question of the Day: Do You Consider Yourself a Fanboy? [Question Of The Day]

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2008-08-12 18:00:00 by Sean Fallon in Gizmodo
...fanboy gets thrown around a lot these daysso much so that Webster's decided to officially incorporate the term into the English language. Generally speaking, when referring to someone as a fanboy it is intended to be derogatorybut the bottom line is that Fanboyism is the root of all great nerdy debates. So, it is time to take a hard, honest...
 
Tags: fanboy, word fanboy, lot, web browser, rss reader, bottom line, english language, liars, time
 
 
 
 
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'Fanboy' Makes Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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2008-07-11 14:00:04 by Editor in Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
...fanboy' has officially been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. That's the entry there in the picture. Weird they didn't mention anything about Apple or video games. Oh, and as you can see they claim the word dates back to 1919. Which I find a little hard to believe. In 1919 a fanboy was a kid you paid to wave a palm frond in your...
 
Tags: merriam-webster dictionary, dictionary, geekologie, gonna geekologie davey, merriam-webster, fanboy, word, word news, geekologie degree
 
 
 
 
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"Woot," "Malware," "Fanboy" enter Merriam-Webster dictionary

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2008-07-08 15:03:19 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Fanboy" will no longer be a target of Mrs. Buttermer's red pen, for example, and nor will the 1954-vintage "mondegreen," referring to a misheard phrase or lyric, finally gets its due. If that can wait a half-century, why not bullshit like "netroots" and "infinity pool MW dates "fanboy" to 1919, which presents an image of pre-war urchins...
 
Tags: dictionary, merriam-webster, merriam, fanboy, webster, dictionary words, ultona tone arm, natural sound, pre-war urchins
 
 
 
 
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Autobot Tumbler Concept Merges Fanboy Worlds

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2008-07-14 13:18:27 by Andrew Liszewski in OhGizmo!
...fanboy to imagine what it would be like if the Batman and Transformers worlds merged Thankfully the fanboy responsible for this concept also appears to be an extremely talented 3D artist, and his Tumber Autobot Edition almost makes you wish the Tumbler became Batmans sidekick instead of Robin. The concept image was originally posted to the...
 
Tags: fanboy, tumbler, concept, batman franchise, concept image, batman, image, tumber autobot edition, murphy message board
 
 
 
 
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25 Signs That You Might Be An Apple Fanboy

2008-01-14 13:01:49 by Vic DaSilva in The Uber-Review
 
...Fanboy. You have a special Apple Haircut Your mailbox looks like this You create your own Apple Fauxtotypes There is even a competition to see if you can create the next big thing via Core77 ] You turn your old Mac into a Mac-o-latern via Geeklogie ] Your toilet paper holder is a Mac Mini You purchased that special someone the iPhone thong...
 
Tags: special, mac, apple fanboy, mac mini, special apple haircut, toilet paper holder, signs, mac-o-latern, iphone thong
 
 
 
 
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Canon 5D Update: Fanboy's Dream or Real Deal?

2008-03-19 05:53:10 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
 
...fanboy fantasies on a tight leash: The details sound pretty plausible and Canon has a habit of popping newer tech into the lower-rung models in its range Forum page page [DPReview via Crave The full post The new 5D II will not be released at Photokina, but instead will be a surprise announcement on April 22, according to a source I am...
 
Tags: canon, surprise announcement, specs, fps continuous, exposure shutter durability, dual digic iii, 1ds mark iii, micro lenses, lcd
 
 
 
 
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GTA IV Fanboy Wear, Liberty City Swingers Baseball Shirt

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2008-06-14 02:45:15 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
...fanboy quite as loudly as this GTAIV Liberty City Swingers Baseball Shirt. It is certain to make you the talking point of quite a few conversations; that probably end as soon as you arrive. Not only is it a gaming shirt, it gets double points for being a shirt for a baseball team that comes from a game The GTAIV tag on it sort of kills the...
 
Tags: shirt, rockstar warehouse, tech support fashionistas, keyboard cuff links, t-shirt, rockstar, baseball team, anyones mind, fashionably geek
 
 
 
 
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Fanboy Is Now a Real English Word, Says Merriam-Webster [Dictionary]

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2008-07-08 08:12:00 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...fanboy by the power of Grayskull and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, which says the word is now part of the English language. They arrive a little late, because the Oxford English Dictionary in Apple's Mac OS X Leopard running on my Apple iMac 24" shows it, and so does the dictionary on my Apple PowerBook 17"running Apple's Mac OS...
 
Tags: dictionary, apple, apple iphone, oxford, oxford english dictionary, apple imac, merriam-webster, apple powerbook, word
 
 
 
 
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Meta: Artist Uses Old Macs as Canvases for Mac Fanboy Paintings [Art]

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2008-07-08 19:40:00 by John Mahoney in Gizmodo
...fanboy-approved Apple imagery as part of his iPaint myMac series. I'm actually a little surprised it's taken this long for me to see a Mac with Jobs and Woz's bearded mugs on it. Maybe I just wasn't looking hard enough. [ Satta Van Daal via Team Teabag
 
Tags: mac, satta van daal, text-only fan site, ipaint mymac series, team teabag, web server, apple imagery, slap, jack-o-lantern