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Many fanbases on TV have their own nicknames. Some are generated by themselves, some from observers and some from detractors.
Be advised when using these terms that by the time the name becomes well known to outsiders, it's often gathered some distaste by those within the fandom. "Trekkie" has reached universal status and even appears in reputable dictionaries, but many within ''[[Star Trek]]'' fandom only ever use the term derisively, preferring the term "Trekker". Likewise, "Whovian" comes primarily from US Public
A subtrope of [[Fan Nickname]], but not to be confused with it.
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** There's also a subgroup called Twilight Moms (Twimoms, for short).
** Twi-hards (from "[[Die Hard on an X|diehard]]") and Twitards (more derogatory, from "Twihards" - not to be confused with Twittards, who are Twitter users).
** And more recently, twerds (''Twilight''+ [[
** Also, Twifags, from the ever-so-subtle depths of /b/. They use nounfag for everything, though.
** Twiguys, for those middle-aged men who walk around wearing ''New Moon'' T-shirts.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The ''[[American Idol]]'' forums make fan clubs for each contestant, each with their own unique name, which can range from simply being based on the contestant's name (last year's "Arch Angels" for David Archuleta (now shortened to just "Archies"), this year's "Gokey Gang", "Anoop Troop", etc.) to a reference to a prominent feature (fans of last year's dreadlocked contestant Jason Castro called themselves "Dreadheads") to the more arcane (after David Cook called himself a "word nerd" in reference to his love of crossword puzzles in an early interview, his fan group christened themselves the Word Nerds), to the just plain weird (last year's contestant Ramiele Malubay was small, cute, Asian, and had a powerful
** ''[[Big Brother]]'' fans do the same.
* Babblers or Fivers for ''[[Babylon 5]]'' fans.
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* [[The Hold Steady]]: The Unified Scene
* [[Hollywood Undead]]: The Undead Army
* [[Insane Clown Posse]]: [[Juggalo
* [[Jethro Tull]]: Tullaholics
* [[Jessie J]]: Heartbeats
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* Stone Sour: The Dead Generation
* Suicidal Tendencies: Suicidals
* [[Super Junior]]: ELF. It stands for [[Fun with Acronyms|Ever-LastingFriends]]. And that’s not counting all the
* [[Taylor Swift]]: Swifties
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]: Giantheads.
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* Lifers (''[[Real Life Comics]]'')
* Fancy Bastards (''[[Hijinks Ensue]]'')
* Clairets or Acolytes (''[http://www.sisterclaire.com/\] Sister Claire'')
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