English

Noun

uberfan ‎(plural uberfans)

1. (informal) An extremely enthusiastic fan.
   • 2006, Andrew Putz, "The Eight Annual Airball Awards", Indianapolis Monthly, January 2006, page 130:

     Asked what he liked about Reggie Miller, Knicks uberfan and Miller foil Spike Lee told The New York Times […]

   • 2004, Chris Handyside, Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of the White Stripes, St. Martins Press (2004), ISBN 9780312336189, page 209:

     Between the specially packaged, vinyl-only review copies that were seeded out to influential press that winter (including bloggers and gushy uberfans, as well as the usual glossy rag tastemakers and industry-friendly hacks), […]

   • 2007, Dave Fanning, "Forward", in Višnja Cogan, U2: An Irish Phenomenon, Pegasus Books (2008), ISBN 9781933648712, page x:

     […] the one constant which pops up so charmingly every-so-often is that Visnja is an unapologetic U2 uberfan.

Synonyms

• megafan, stan, superfan, trufan