fan mail

noun

Examples of fan mail in a Sentence

The band gets a lot of fan mail.
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During the 1970s and 80s, for example, The Merv Griffin Show featured one guest 32 times – life extension expert Durk Pearson, who generated more fan mail than any guest except Elizabeth Taylor. Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025 When Regina couriers over a copy of Blake the background actor’s spec script and some threatening fan mail from a particularly overenthusiastic Wavey ’shipper, Elsbeth undertakes a one-woman table read. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 No, according to Maria A. Bivens, Press Secretary for the PA Department of Corrections, who told Newsweek in an email on Thursday that Mangione has not received any physical or online fan mail. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 The vast majority of it is not fan mail, though a few readers don’t believe that. Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fan mail

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fan mail was in 1924

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“Fan mail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20mail. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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