fangirl
/ˈfænˌɡɝl/noun, verb
fangirl is a noun meaning “A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-N-G-I-R-L and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fangirl is fangirls.
What does fangirl mean?
noun
- 1
slangA female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).
verb
- 1
To behave like a fangirl; to be obsequious, star-struck, boy crazy, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fangirl?
- US /ˈfænˌɡɝl/
Fangirl has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fangirl
- fangirls plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- fangirling participle, present
- fangirled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fangirl?
Fangirl appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fangirl come from?
From fan + girl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).