lamestream
adjEtymology Blend of lame + mainstream.
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Media Derogatory, Slang Mainstream.
- I think my Black Creek ancestors, and current rural Afrindian family members would take issue with being lumped into the prosumer/linear lamestream society...1998 October 13, Omoya, “wondering...”, in alt.native (Usenet), message-ID <19981012205907.02009.00000368@ng99.aol.com>:
- Knowing over 90% of Americans believe in God, the lamestream media is complicit in the effort to cover up the intentional subversion of liberty and freedom in this nation that was once the beacon of hope to the rest of the world.2008 October 22, Alfred Eugene Pearl, The Gates of Hell, Xulon Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 47:
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- Thank goodness for social networking sites like this and new media sites which have allowed us to get around the "lamestream" media and present the facts.2010 June 1, Sarah Palin, “Is It Any Wonder Why We Call Them “Lame”?”, in Facebook, retrieved 27 Jan 2013:
- Derived terms
- lamestreamer