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title: "fanboying · GenZ Decoded"
description: "fanboying: Praising or obsessing over someone or something too enthusiastically. Example: \"He was fanboying over that director all night.\" Meaning and usage."
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# fanboying

Millennial[#bad](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/criticism/)

**Meaning.** Praising or obsessing over someone or something too enthusiastically.

See it in a sentence

He was fanboying over that director all night.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [glaze](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/glaze/),[glazing](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/glazing/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    fanboying

- Gen X

    [kissing up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/kissing-up/)

- Boomer

    [laying it on thick](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/laying-it-on-thick/)

- Plain English

    praising or obsessing over someone or something too enthusiastically

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## Related slang

- [extra](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/extra/): Over-the-top, dramatic, or doing too much.
- [fail](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fail/): A failure or embarrassing mistake.
- [fugly](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/fugly/): A blunt, intensified term meaning something is extremely ugly.
- [gag me with a spoon](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/gag-me-with-a-spoon/): An exclamation of disgust or distaste from Valley Girl slang.

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