fancam

English

Etymology

From fan +‎ cam.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

fancam (plural fancams)

1. (chiefly South Korean idol fandom) Amateur film footage of a celebrity taken unofficially by a fan.
   • 2006, Mojo, numbers 154-157:

     A smorgasbord of extras enable the Beastie fiend to view the concert from other, remote-controlled cameras and jump in and out of different fancams, even accompanying one concertgoer on a trip to the bog.

   • 2018, UK Jung, #KpopSecret:

     EXID's Hani has made a splash with her fancam in 2014 and is now regarded as one of the hottest female idol stars.

   • 2019, E. T. Malinowski, Night Kiss:

     He didn't seem tired when he was onstage, but Jin-woo had seen a number of backstage videos and some candid shots, not to mention fancams following Ki-tae everywhere, where Ki-tae just looked exhausted. Did Vampires get exhausted?

   • 2022 April 29, Ezra Marcus, “Johnny Depp Case Brings Stan Culture Into the Courtroom”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In addition to the live coverage on TV, YouTube, and various news and entertainment websites, countless short clips edited for maximum virality have circulated on Instagram and TikTok — “fancams,” in social media parlance, featuring forensic analyses of Mr. Depp’s and Ms. Heard’s trial attire, and courtroom exchanges that have been described as “SAVAGE.”

2. (by extension) An edit which incorporates fancams into it.
3. (fandom slang) An edit, such as an AMV, which features clips from a piece of media, generally surrounding a single character.

Translations

footage

• Arabic: فانكام, فان كام (fān kām)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飯拍 / 饭拍 (fànpāi)

• Korean: 직캠 (ko) (jik'kaem)
• Spanish: fancam ?

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fancam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈkam/ [fãŋˈkãm]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: fan‧cam

Noun

fancam ? (plural fancams)

1. (fandom slang) fancam

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.