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fanwar

fanwar noun: a rivalry between fandoms, usually carried out on the internet.

Noun

fanwar (plural fanwars)

  1. (slang) A rivalry between fandoms, usually carried out on the internet.
    • The Blink who called me a dirty pig came from a scene in which online “fanwars” are common, when rival sets of supporters swap insults.2025 October 25, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “Call yourself a fan?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

Forms of fanwar

pluralfanwars

Origin of fanwar

From fan + war.

Questions about fanwar

What does fanwar mean?
Fanwar means a rivalry between fandoms, usually carried out on the internet.
What part of speech is fanwar?
Fanwar is a noun.
What is the plural of fanwar?
The plural of fanwar is fanwars.

Words near fanwar in the dictionary

  1. fanwank
  2. fanwanked
  3. fanwankery
  4. fanwanking
  5. fanwanks
  6. fanwar
  7. fanware
  8. fanwars
  9. fanwear
  10. fanweed
  11. fanwiki

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