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scenester

/ˈsiːnstɚ/

scenester noun: a non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status.

Noun

scenester (plural scenesters)

  1. A non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status.
    • One of those nights was recorded and, with production by local scenester Chris D., is now seeing the light of day.1986 January 5, Cary Darling, “Australian Rock: Boiling from Down Under”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2009
    • Their job is to deny entry to those who don't belong, the wannabe scenester as opposed to the real scenester.2014, Dirk Wittenborn, Jazz Johnson, The Social Climber's Bible
  2. (broadly) A person who associates themselves with a particular trending or fashionable cultural scene.
    • This is a guide to actually understanding that universe, whether you simply want to sound literate at a dinner party, know the difference between a bitcoin maxi and an NFT scenester, angle for a promotion by showing off more tech fluency than your boss, or leave your PR job to become memer-in-chief...2021 November 30, Sara Harrison, “A Normie’s Guide to Becoming a Crypto Person: How to (cautiously and skeptically) fall down the rabbit hole”, in New York Magazine

Synonyms of scenester

Forms of scenester

pluralscenesters

Origin of scenester

From scene + -ster (“agent, person”).

Words formed from scenester

Questions about scenester

What does scenester mean?
Scenester means a non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status.
What part of speech is scenester?
Scenester is a noun.
How do you pronounce scenester?
Scenester is pronounced /ˈsiːnstɚ/.
What is the plural of scenester?
The plural of scenester is scenesters.

Words near scenester in the dictionary

  1. scenesetters
  2. scenesetting
  3. scenesful
  4. sceneshifter
  5. sceneshifters
  6. scenester
  7. scenesterism
  8. scenesters
  9. scenetics
  10. scenework
  11. scenewright

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