Fandoms

There is a relatively new fad that has taken over some aspects of our high school society, “fandoms” are popping up everywhere and for me, the meaning of the word has taken on a whole new meaning. When you used to hear of the word you would think of a particular sports team but now, you think of TV shows or video game usually related to the supernatural, science fiction, fantasy, or anime. There are new adjectives that you are going to be able to use to describe someone such as a “fangirl”, or I have even heard it used as a verb in more than one instance. For example “She is fangirling” meaning she is kind of freaking out over her fandom.

Personally I think this is fantastic, because as we all know I am a huge nerd, and I may or may not be a fangirl of Dr. Who. But I think this is a great way to get together with other people who have the same strong feelings about a particular show that you like and be able to nerd out together. There are a million websites online that you can go to and read/ chat/ blog/ communicate to fellow members of your fandom of your particular show and can fangirl out with other people, which, makes it twice as fun.

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