Linguistics Question ~ What Is - a "Fanboy" ?

i've been seeing people use this term for a while now.

at first i thought it was a term that AMD fans use to denigrate Intel users. since some Intel chips tend to run a little hot, they need that extra sometimes noisy fan.

then in another thread, i saw the term "AMD fanboys".

so i guess i'm a computer fanboy, or fanman, or fanperson. i recently bought an Opteron 175 ... and i still have my Pentium Pro (it's a beautiful piece of technology - how could i throw it away ?) (in case i ever get a strong desire to look at NT 4, it's there).

actually, i still have a 486 non-VESA-local-bus that i paid $556 for. and i paid $335 for the 120 MB Maxtor to go with it. wish i could use those memory cells for something more recent. maybe senility will take care of that.

anyway, back to the subject - are there 2 meanings to the term "fan-boy" ? (derogatory term that AMD afficionadoes use for Intel users + general term, for example i'm a Claire Forlani fan-boy)

or is it just sort of a general term, like, Sierra Mist fan-boy, Mug Root Beer fan-boy, etc. ?

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!



Pal, you just won the most focked up thread of the week award (which is no small feat given that DVDPiddles has been champion in this area for the last 9 weeks straight); I'm semi-illiterate when it comes to computers so I wont be too ungracious in calling you out on this one. That said, I'd be most helpful to give you the real definition of a fanboy, it is:

Fanboy: Some twirp-like teenager: - typically slightly retarded when it comes to both his mental and physical faculties; often found to be ferociously aggressive when it comes to meaningless cpu debates; a nerd's nerd; the school's resident voyeur, with a porn collection to rival www.americanthumpers.com; a typical freak, one who delights in his DVD collection of 90s Japanese Anime.

That's because he's a complete co[b][/b]ck.

Edit: Co[b][/b]ck was starred out. Bloody straitlaced miserable swines.

I'm not a "fan" of anything though... if it works, it works


wooooo

Yeah, I was just lolly-gagging around with ya'.

How's that new bloke going? All good?

Perfect example.

Me thinks a lil' creative use of that cleavege of yours would make this lil' Bio funtion a bit more frequent. 8)

I can't believe someone even came in here and asked that question.

A new low for The Other...

Nothing equates to being "Piss boy"

Wait for the shake....*Smack!!*

Thank you bomber.

Action_Man how about on the intel side? For amd we got 9-inch i admit that but for intel they have Ycon how come you don't say anything bad about him?

No a new low for the other would be where one of the legends stops posting. 8O

Thank you and if all of us amd fanboy's wre here right now we would say. <Clearing throat>

AMD FANBOY'S UNITE!!!

*smacks head*


im guessing the only reason you exist is because the condom broke.

Nah i like it when you insult me especially wingy.

Indeed. He's practically Welsh.

Now, where do I start?.......

...*tears sharp scab from filthy helmet*...

What did Welsh folk ever do to deserve such a derisive remark?
d-piddy is in a class all his ("his" being a term I use loosely) own. Thank you file me under noobous lovous annoyous shit out of robous dpiddyous

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanboy

it is in the dictionary ! and pretty much like you guys said.

hey ! there's protein in that scab !