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playlistism

playlistism noun: the practice of judging other people based on the contents of their music playlist.

Noun

playlistism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of judging other people based on the contents of their music playlist.
    • This has lead ^([sic]) to a new kind of music snobbery called playlistism. Music snobs amuse themselves by laughing at a colleague's collection of showtunes, or the hopelessly pretentious jazz of the goatee-ed guy at the other end of the dorm.2005 November 2, Leander Kahney, “The Cult of iPod”, in Playlist

Origin of playlistism

From playlist + -ism.

Questions about playlistism

What does playlistism mean?
Playlistism means the practice of judging other people based on the contents of their music playlist.
What part of speech is playlistism?
Playlistism is a noun.

Words near playlistism in the dictionary

  1. playlike
  2. playline
  3. playlist
  4. playlisted
  5. playlisting
  6. playlistism
  7. playlists
  8. playlore
  9. playlot
  10. playlots
  11. playlunch

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