English

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Etymology

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Blend of fan +‎ police.

Noun

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fanpol (plural fanpol or fanpols)

  1. (fandom slang, derogatory) A fan who habitually tries to control others' fannish activity.
    Synonyms: anti, fancop, fandomentalist, fandom Frollo, fanti, Frollo
    • 2022 April 30, mars (@iHugRyuk), Twitter[1]:
      like EVERY fanpol ever 😭 we be shipping our ships, minding our own businesses, then bAm they act like we did a crime or sumn ☠️
    • 2022 April 30, Dr Bai (@doctorbaixue), Twitter[2]:
      I treat those issues very carefully in my writing, only for fanpol to accuse me of writing abuse porn. 🙄
    • 2023 October 23, bive ! 7p☆ (@nyctomania_mp3), Twitter[3]:
      fanpols forget to realize that content warnings exist and are typically used.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fanpol.