puck bunny
n.— «Coaxed by Swedish hockey fans on Internet chat boards, the Minnesota Wild fanatic followed her favorite player, Manny Fernandez, to the small city of Luleå, Sweden, where he was tending goal during the NHL lockout.…She acknowledges that such dedication could have been seen as odd, but Pergakis insists she’s no “puck bunny.”» —“Unchecked passion for hockey leads fan on lively trek to Sweden” by Jon Tevlin Star-Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.) Mar. 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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