by namine Fri Aug 01 2008, 11:05
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The term
fangirl can be used to describe a female member of a fandom community. However, it is most often used in a derogatory sense to describe a girl's obsession with something, most commonly a male teen idol or an aspect of Japanese pop culture.
Fangirl behavior is believed to vary in intensity. On one end of
the scale are those that, while harbouring a crush on a particular
actor or character, are perfectly capable of understanding that the fulfillment of the crush is never going to happen. On the other end are
the girls who are said to be obsessive in their claims on a fictional
character. Fangirl behavior can fall anywhere between these criteria,
but the closer someone is believed to be towards the obsessive end, the
more derogative the use of the term 'fangirl' to describe them is
perceived to be.