[Ads-l] "fan", noun, for a celebity as an enthusiast for their admirers?

[Joel Berson]

In today's Doonesbury repeat from some years ago, Joanie Caucus is introduced by Lacy Davenport to "Mr. Eastwood." Joanie says "I just want to tell you you're my biggest fan! I mean it! Are those eyes for real? Of course they are. Shut up, Joan."

Normally I would expect "I'm your biggest fan!"


Is this a typographical error, ignorance by Mr. Trudeau, a new usage not in the OED, or a deliberate reversal to illustrate Joanie's highly emotional state undoing her grammar?

Probabilities say the latter, but I thought I should ask.

Joel


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