The house of Babel

Using ~迷(mí) to make new nouns was very popular in 90’s. The original meaning of 迷(mí) is “be fascinated by; be crazy about something.” It was a verb, eg 着迷(zháomí).

And then it was used to express some kind of people, such as fan, enthusiast who were fascinated by or be crazy about something.

Now the power of 迷(mí) to make new nouns tends to be weak.

All you can see are the words that were made some years ago. such as:

电脑迷(diànnǎomí)
艺术迷(yìshùmí)
车迷(chēmí)
美剧迷(měijùmí)
羽毛球迷(yǔmáoqiúmí)
小说迷(xiǎoshuōmí)
吉他迷(jítāmí)
漫迷(mànmí)
股票迷(gǔpiàomí)
钓迷(diàomí)