fanboying

Millennial#bad

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,glazing
Gen Alpha
No word for this one yet.
Millennial · this one
fanboying
Gen X
kissing up
Boomer
laying it on thick
Plain English
praising or obsessing over someone or something too enthusiastically

Over-the-top, dramatic, or doing too much.

A failure or embarrassing mistake.

A blunt, intensified term meaning something is extremely ugly.

An exclamation of disgust or distaste from Valley Girl slang.