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So I found this image highlighting the difference between an Otaku and a
Weeaboo.

![Otaku VS Weeaboo](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8DY2S.jpg)

The 4th point says

> Has "fangirl moments" at anytime, anywhere, and infront of anyone

But what are "fangirl moments"? and what are their origin? (Is it actually
from anime)


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What is a "fangirl moment"?


[Fangirls](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fangirl) have been around for
quite a while. The term having it's first recorded use in 1934 in the [novel
by humorist A. P. Herbert called Holy
Deadlock](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10015082-holy-deadlock) which is
about the struggles of a divorce. The first behavior which now a days is
commonly described as Fangirl-moment or Fangirling is also used in this book,
effectively making it the origin of the term.

Fangirls are closely related to
[Fanboys](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fanboy), which is the male edition
of fangirls, which has been around since 1919.

A [Fangirl-
moment](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fangirl%20moment) or
sometimes called
[fangirling](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fangirling)
usually occurs when a subject of interest is mentioned, or comes closely
related to current topics. There from out they will either

  1. waste endless amounts of time ogling, discussing/arguing, stalking, etc. the object of their "affection"   
or  

  2. React with shortness of breath, fainting, highpitched noises, shaking, fierce head shaking as if in the midst of a seizure, wet panties, endless blog posts, etc. 

All though the terms themselves aren't that old, the _behavior_ it self is.
[Idolization](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/idolization) has been around
since the 1590's where rulers, kings and the likes where Idolized and probably
had quite some _fangirls_ fangirling as well.


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