Fannibal

English

Etymology

Blend of fan +‎ Hannibal.

Noun

Fannibal (plural Fannibals)

1. (fandom slang) A fan of the American television series Hannibal and/or of the fictional character Hannibal Lecter.
   • 2013 June 20, Julien Fielding, “What’s on TV: ‘Hannibal’ gives a better backstory to Dr. Lecter”, in The Daily Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, page 9A:

     I consider myself to be a “Fannibal.”

   • 2014 March 11, Scott Neumyer, “NBC's 'Hannibal' returns with higher ratings”, in New York Daily News:

     “There was a tremendous groundswell of support from the Fannibals,” Fuller told The News, […]

   • 2014 July, “Blood work”, in Total Film, page 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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Fannibal.