junglist

noun

junglist

noun

Etymology From jungle + -ist.

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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A dedicated listener to jungle or drum and bass music.

  • The first thing to do to better attract the, er, junglist massive was to speed up the 4/4 disco-ish tempo — which meant the vocals either had to come off or be stretched — and then start building on the bassline.2013, Lloyd Bradley, “Who Needs a Record Company?”, in Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital, →ISBN, page 363:
  • The problem with things that go very fast is that they tend to be a bit scary, a bit alienating, and sometimes a bit dangerous. […]. Jungle was no exception, drawing huge appeal from the junglist massive, but pushing many other ravers off the dancefloor in search of something, well, a bit slower.2018, Jeffrey Boakye, Hold Tight, →ISBN:
1 more example
  • In the drum n bass club, everyone was part of the ‘junglist massive’.2021, Anita Rani, The Right Sort of Girl, →ISBN:

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