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Instafame

Instafame noun: the state or quality of being well-known or popular on Instagram.

Noun

Instafame (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being well-known or popular on Instagram.
    • A perfect example of “Instafame” or a social media celebrity is Benjamin Lasnier, a teenage boy from Denmark, who achieved fame almost entirely through Instagram and YouTube.2015, Pavica Sheldon, Social Media: Principles and Applications, page 43
    • Ulman's project was an acerbic take on “Instafame,” a phenomenon that is reshaping and redefining the very idea of a “star” and their relationship to their audience.2019, Daniel Palmer, Kate Warren, “Scarlett Johansson Falling Down: Memes, Photography and Celebrity Personas”, in Janice Loreck, Kirsten Stevens, Whitney Monaghan, editors, Screening Scarlett...

Origin of Instafame

Blend of Instagram + fame.

Questions about Instafame

What does Instafame mean?
Instafame means the state or quality of being well-known or popular on Instagram.
What part of speech is Instafame?
Instafame is a noun.

Words near Instafame in the dictionary

  1. instaclicks
  2. instadad
  3. instadads
  4. instadeath
  5. instadeaths
  6. Instafame
  7. instafamous
  8. Instagay
  9. Instagays
  10. instagib
  11. instagibbed

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