L.A. Connection wrote on Dec 17
th, 2011 at 10:31pm:
Fan is short for fanatic. I enjoy some Sherlock, but I don't consider myself a fanatic about same.
Right because that is how you meant fan. In modern usage, everyone says fan when they really mean fanatic rather than indicating that they like something. Puh-leese.
So from now on whenever you use the word fan in any sentence I will take it that you mean that you are : marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion and that I can expect to witness such a display. Right LA right.