What is a fangirl?
The question is quite simple, yet surprisingly, not many above the age 35 demographic know the answer. According to Urban Dictionary.Com, however, the most common definition is as follows:
"A fangirl is a female who obsesses over some form of media. It could be Musical artists, Actors. presenters, people, Anime, Manga, etc. Most fangirls are normal girls who just really enjoy what they fandom over. Most of them are mature about their fandom and respect others opinions."
Of course, there are more negative definitions for a fangirl. Some refer to the common fangirl as someone with a frightening obsession for something, mostly pop culture related.
Despite all the negative publicity, most members of the fangirl community are pretty normal girls. Regular girls who love their comic books, prefer something action-packed over the traditional chick flick at a movie theater, can speak nerd lingo very fluently, play a mean game of Call of Duty with the best of them, and don't confuse Stargate SG1 for some complicated math problem.
In comparison to the average fanboy community (See Urban Dictionary.Com for a more complete defintion), the average fangirl community is quite small in number. Don't let this confuse you though, our numbers might be small but our community is a strong one!
So come along, let your fangirl out of her closet...
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