Full record for fangirl n.
| Definition | a female fan (chiefly of comics, film, music, or science fiction), esp. an obsessive one. |
| OED requirements | antedating 1934 |
| Earliest cite | A.P. Herbert, "Holy Deadlock" |
| Comment | Andrew Gray submitted a April 1934 cite for "fan-girl" from A.P. Herbert's "Holy Deadlock", referring to fans waiting outside a theatre
Added to the OED in September 2004, with an earliest cite from 1990: as well as antedatings, we would be interested to see interdatings for the large gap between 1934 and 1990. |
| Last modified | 9 July, 2009 |
Citations for fangirl n.
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| 1934 A.P. Herbert Holy Deadlock 162 | Mary pressed notes and bundles of silver into eager hands, kissed the old fireman for Christmas, and dashed out through the rain so swiftly that only two of the fan-girls caught her. |