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Fannibal
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Etymology
en fan Hannibal.
Noun
en fandom slang A fan of the American television series Hannibal (TV series) Hannibal and/or of the fictional character Hannibal Lecter.
en 20 June 2013 Julien Fielding http://www.nonpareilonline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/eedition/2/72/2720b82c-0f22-5c82-8bc4-1bc3446b2fa0/51c2c5f705923.pdf.pdf What’s on TV: ‘Hannibal’ gives a better backstory to Dr. Lecter The Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs, Iowa 9A I consider myself to be a “Fannibal.”
en Scott Neumyer NBC's 'Hannibal' returns with higher ratings http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/nbc-hannibal-returns-higher-ratings-article-1.1716825 New York Daily News 11 March 2014 “There was a tremendous groundswell of support from the Fannibals,” Fuller told The News, https://web.archive.org/web/20190922043158/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/nbc-hannibal-returns-higher-ratings-article-1.1716825 22 September 2019
en 2014 Blood work Total Film July 25 We can see why even the actors would get freaked out making Hannibal – it features some of the most disgusting corpses this side of The Walking Dead, which ‘Fannibals’ refer to as ‘tableaus’ because of their arty arrangements.
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en Fans (people) Television