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delebrities

delebrities is the plural of delebrity.

Meaning of delebrity

Noun

delebrity (plural delebrities)

  1. (neologism) A dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product.
    • The licensing of names and images of dead celebrities can be very big business. Need more proof? Dead celebrities, or "delebrities," were everywhere at the 2017 Licensing Expo, which took place last week in Las Vegas. John Wayne and Bela Lugosi even had their own booths on the show floor.2017 June 2, Ben Arnon, “'Delebrities' (Dead Celebrities) Are Very Big Business”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2023

Questions about delebrities

What is delebrities the plural of?
Delebrities is the plural of delebrity.

Words near delebrities in the dictionary

  1. deleaved
  2. deleaves
  3. deleaving
  4. deleb
  5. deleble
  6. delebrities
  7. delebrity
  8. delebs
  9. delect
  10. delectabilities
  11. delectability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delebrities (page history and authors); delebrity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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