fanservice
Meanings
noun
- Elements added to a television program or similar entertainment that appeal to avid fans but are of little interest to outsiders.
- The inclusion in a work of fiction of material, especially of a racy or sexual nature, which may or may not have relevance to the storyline and is designed merely to excite the viewer.
- Special interactions from idols to their fans.
Word forms
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ファンサービス (fansābisu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from fan + service.
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