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fair weather fan

fair weather fan is the alternative form of fair-weather fan.

Meaning of fair-weather fan

Noun

fair-weather fan (plural fair-weather fans)

  1. (idiomatic) A fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are performing well.
    • But, hey, don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those big-mouth, fair-weather fans who sings "Hail to the Redskins" when they're winning and "To Hell With the Redskins" when they're not.2001 October 19, Don Oldenburg, “We’ll Always Have Riggins: Tips for the Suffering Redskins Fan”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Forms of fair weather fan

pluralfair weather fans

Questions about fair weather fan

What is fair weather fan the alternative form of?
Fair weather fan is the alternative form of fair-weather fan.

Words near fair weather fan in the dictionary

  1. fair value
  2. fair values
  3. fair warning
  4. fair warnings
  5. fair weather
  6. fair weather fan
  7. fair weather fans
  8. fair weather friend
  9. fair weather friends
  10. fair wind
  11. fair winds

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