单词 | trendoid |
释义 | trendoidadj.n. colloquial (originally U.S.). Chiefly with derog. connotation. A. adj. Trendy; self-consciously or extravagantly fashionable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion fashion-monging1600 fashionable1609 fashionly1613 modish1652 mody1701 knowing1768 fadding1864 downtown1914 cool1918 fashion-conscious1951 switched-on1964 trendoid1979 fresh1984 kewl1990 1979 Washington Post 27 Dec. d7/3 There's..a trendoid record company executive who seduces the daughter who was fooling around with someone else in the first scene. 1988 Newsday 30 Mar. ii. 9/3 A couple of nice down-to-earth ghosts try to rid their home of the trendoid humans who are wreaking esthetic havoc on the place in this essentially silly comedy. 1990 Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. vii. 4/3 Food isn't supposed to be some sort of trendoid object, it's supposed to feed your body and soul and the things that matter. B. n. One who sets or follows fashions; a trendy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > following of fashion > follower of fashion fashion-monger1598 fashionist?1624 à la mode1651 modist1662 high-stepper1852 hipcat1937 stilyaga1955 swinger1965 trendy1968 voguie1973 trendoid1985 hipster1989 1985 Los Angeles Times 22 Nov. v. 22/3 Anytime I go somewhere with super-hip trendoids, it gives me a bad taste for just about everything. 1987 Washington Post 25 July b3/2 [She] arrives in L.A. prim and prissy but undergoes a radical lifestylectomy and turns into..‘an unchained Beverly Hills trendoid’. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 31 Aug. 41/1 Young trendoids..gather there in large numbers on Saturday afternoons to strut their stuff or simply admire the stuff being strutted by others. 1989 Bon Appetit Sept. 20/2 You are well within your homeowners' rights to evict any trendoid who sullies the beer with lime. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.n.1979 |
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