Definitions
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- noun uncountable
Celebrity on a small scale or in a specific area. - noun countable A
celebrity whosefame is on a small scale or in a specific area.
Etymologies
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Examples
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According to Owen Thomas of Valleywag, all five of the suspended blogs were devoted, at least partly, to criticism of the same person, a blogger Mr. Thomas describes as “microcelebrity egoblogger Julia Allison.”
Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5 Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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According to Owen Thomas of Valleywag, all five of the suspended blogs were devoted, at least partly, to criticism of the same person, a blogger Mr. Thomas describes as “microcelebrity egoblogger Julia Allison.”
Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5 Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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According to Owen Thomas of Valleywag, all five of the suspended blogs were devoted, at least partly, to criticism of the same person, a blogger Mr. Thomas describes as “microcelebrity egoblogger Julia Allison.”
Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5 Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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My girlfriend in high school was not a microcelebrity in South-East Michigan youth culture.
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According to Owen Thomas of Valleywag, all five of the suspended blogs were devoted, at least partly, to criticism of the same person, a blogger Mr. Thomas describes as “microcelebrity egoblogger Julia Allison.”
Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5 Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I've wondered this myself, the effects of a microcelebrity culture aging
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Fans of sites like baugher, an anonyblogger nursing an unhealthy obsession with Internet microcelebrity Julia Allison, will be relieved.
Tumblr Lifts Its Ban on Critical Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Fans of sites like baugher, an anonyblogger nursing an unhealthy obsession with Internet microcelebrity Julia Allison, will be relieved.
Tumblr Lifts Its Ban on Critical Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Are we headed toward a Web 2.0-fueled world of microcelebrity where every semi-interesting human is worthy of fan clubs, rabid devotees and citizen paparazzi?
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Some pundits fret that microcelebrity will soon force everyone to write blog posts and even talk in the bland, focus-grouped cadences of Hillary Clinton (minus the cackle).
Clive Thompson on the Age of Microcelebrity: Why Everyone's a Little Brad Pitt 2007
immerbeta commented on the word microcelebrity
Microcelebs are those people who are well-known to a small set of folks...and nowadays we achieve this celebrity through the artifacts we leave behind on the Web.
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/15-12/st_thompson#
September 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word microcelebrity
I like this term. I'd use it to describe, for example, a person who's really really well-known in a relatively small circle (not necessarily on the Web), such as a specific field of industry or academic endeavor.
Like the guy who designed my Scottish pipe-band drumsticks. Lots of Scottish pipe-band drummers know who he is, but nobody else would.
September 27, 2008
reesetee commented on the word microcelebrity
Aw, darn. I thought this referred to tiny, thumb-sized famous people.
September 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word microcelebrity
Hmm. That's a better definition. What if microcelebrity meant thumb-sized famous people, and we could think up another cool word for that other thing? Like... limicelebrity?
No, it looks like it sounds too citrusy.
September 27, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word microcelebrity
That sounds more like limicolous stars.
September 27, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word microcelebrity
But that "-colous" part reminds me of colon.
September 27, 2008
reesetee commented on the word microcelebrity
Muddy stars? *confused*
September 27, 2008
dontcry commented on the word microcelebrity
Weblebrities
September 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word microcelebrity
c_b, they're flip-flop flyin' mini-pops.
September 27, 2008
reesetee commented on the word microcelebrity
Or microstar. But that might sound too astronomical.
September 29, 2008