sports fan
sports fan noun: a familiar form of address, a jocular term of endearment.
Noun
sports fan (plural sports fans)
- A familiar form of address, a jocular term of endearment.
- Patrick: "Peter, you shouldn't encourage people to be fat. Fat people are immoral."
Peter: "How do you figure, sports fan?"
Patrick: "They're just bad, like that Jackie Gleason."2005 November 27, Chris Sheridan, “The Fat Guy Strangler”, in Family Guy, season 4, episode 17, production code 4ACX20 - "So listen up, sports fan. You just might learn something. "2007 July 11, Jim Schembri, “The Shameless Thrills of Schadenfreude”, in The Age
- Patrick: "Peter, you shouldn't encourage people to be fat. Fat people are immoral."
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sports, fan.
Forms of sports fan
| plural | sports fans |
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Origin of sports fan
A term originally used by sportscasters to address the viewing public, later generalized to non-sports contexts.
Questions about sports fan
- What does sports fan mean?
- Sports fan means a familiar form of address, a jocular term of endearment.
- What part of speech is sports fan?
- Sports fan is a noun.
- What is the plural of sports fan?
- The plural of sports fan is sports fans.
Words near sports fan in the dictionary
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