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bandom

/ˈbændəm/

bandom noun: the condition or quality of being a band.

Noun (1)

bandom (uncountable)

  1. The condition or quality of being a band.
    • Forming out of a mutual love of the music the band were less of a gang of mates drifting into bandom than people fired by their interest in the music.1998, John Robb, The Charlatans: We Are Rock, Ebury Press, →ISBN
    • The confines of traditional bandom, so long seen as the only way to do it, are falling away, allowing committed lifelong musicians the freedom to actually have some semblance of a life.2009 March, Colin Kincaid, “Off the Treadmill: Bouncing Souls”, in Reax, number 34, page 26

Noun (2)

bandom (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The collective fandoms surrounding certain bands.

Origin of bandom

From band + -dom.

Blend of band + fandom.

Words that rhyme with bandom

Questions about bandom

What does bandom mean?
Bandom means the condition or quality of being a band.
What part of speech is bandom?
Bandom is a noun.
How do you pronounce bandom?
Bandom is pronounced /ˈbændəm/.

Words near bandom in the dictionary

  1. bandolines
  2. bandolining
  3. bandolins
  4. bandolist
  5. bandolists
  6. bandom
  7. Bandon
  8. bandoneon
  9. bandoneonist
  10. bandoneonists
  11. bandoneons

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