A
slang term for, usually, a
rabid fan of
comic books. Stereotypically, fanboys are the guys you see who wear
comic book T-shirts, spend every last
dime they have on new comics, are capable of arguing
the finer points of
comic book continuity for hours on end, and have more
important things to do than
bathe. The
truth, of course, is much more
complex: most of us
shower every day.
I've sometimes heard the
term used to describe everyone from
roleplaying game fans to
Trekkies to
Linux geeks, but the default value seems to be
comic book nuts...