I decided to do this because the word' fangirl' is thrown about a lot these days, on the internet, when talking about a particular band/celebrity etc. So, I've realised that fangirls can't just be put into one group because it's the severity that counts, I think.

I also did it because I've been called a fangirl a lot recently and I wanted to 'analyse' this further as my own personal image of one is not what I think I am.

My own definition of a fangirl that I've seen A LOT of, would be something like this [genuine comment from a Horrors fan]:

hello hello beautiful doll
you are like that the biggest, brilliant and
beautiful child of the world
I love you
I love you
you are a real marvel
kisses thousands of chocolate
grand voice you are simply beautiful

And another genuine comment from a...well, you'll guess who she's a fan of:

I saw him down Camden across the road today!! I was like OMG OMG OMG ITS NOEL FIELDING!!! And he was like just walking along like he wasnt famous! I WAS LIKE :O:O:O he was well sexyyy =)

How the FUCK do you walk around like you ARE famous?! Oh, so Noel was walking down the street like an ordinary person? Really? Wow...are you sure? This is huge! :roll:

Usually though, my ideology of a fangirl involves more exclamation marks with 1's, this - <3333333333, and asking for their hand in marriage.

I also guess they're the 'modern day' definition of a groupie? But they're getting younger. A groupie in my eyes is more my age or a bit older that follow bands about usually for sex. A fangirl is a bit like this but younger and I think less interested in sex than my definition of a groupie.

But whatever, that's only my stereotypical definition and is probably wrong.

In the list, the 'target' will be the person being fangirled over. Let us begin:

1. Cool/Barely even a fangirl [The 'yum' fangirl]

Symptoms:

Thinking a band member is attractive and commenting on it
Sometimes not even actively realising the target is attractive unless prompted/reminded

2. Mild [The 'I'd hit that....' fangirl]

Symptoms:

Thinking the target is attractive and wanting to meet them quite badly
Wanting an autograph/picture
Admiring a photo of them for a while

3. Heating up [The 'you are soooooo hot ^_^' fangirl]

Symptoms:

Wanting to be friends with them just because they're famous
Flirting with them in person
Going to every single gig of theirs, even if funds or other factors don't allow it
Commenting on a picture about how sexual the target is when the picture isn't of any sexual nature at all
Disturbing the target in everyday life for a photo/autograph/chat and then wanting to hang out with them afterwards
Wanting to meet them very very badly
Getting quite jealous of the target's lover
Cutting a relationship off with someone just cause they sad a bad thing about the target

4. Boiling [The 'OMG I LOVE YOU!!!' fangirl]

Symptoms:

Caring eff all about the target's speciality and only focusing on the looks (possibly not even knowing what the target has DONE to be famous)
Mild stalking
Going insane at little things the target might do, like drinking a bottle of water
Getting a tattoo of the target because they're attractive
Wanting to meet them and would hurt anyone in their way
Getting very annoyed that the target is in a relationship or not of their sexual orientation
Having such a large collection of the target's pictures that the computer crashes

5. OH MY FRICK, THAT'S HOT!! [The 'OMG OMG OMG OMGLAAAAWWLLL!11!!11!!!!!' fangirl]

Symptoms:

Asking for marriage
Saying what sexual things they want to do to them
Many many unnecessary exclamations usually written in capital letters
Stalking
Fan-letters...the creepy kind
Constant commenting on their myspace
Genuinely believing that the target is their lover/loves them
Fainting
Getting in touch with the target's friends/family to ask about them
Devoting EVERYTHING to them
Smelling the target's clothes and getting off on it
Claiming 'ownership' of the target