“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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I did that on purpose as I was trying to avoid being repetitive and figured 'devout fan' was a good synonym for fanboy.
@Ben
Zealot? That's a good alternative, no?
Hardly. That's like saying "devout [your belief system of choice here]" equates to "religious fanatic."
But you're right, there aren't many good synonyms for "fanboy." None that can be used in polite conversation, anyway. ;)