lifecast

noun

lifecast

noun

Etymology From life + cast.

1

Art, Arts A three-dimensional copy of a living human body, made by molding and casting techniques.

  • On rap Web sites, which abhor a vacuum, seemingly every move he’s made in recent months has been captured and archived in what has amounted to, essentially, a Drake lifecast: video footage and photographs of concerts, audio clips of radio interviews, endless personal and professional gossip and, oh, new songs to go with the two, “Best I Ever Had” and “Every Girl,” that have already become hits, before this Toronto rapper has even signed a recording contract.2009 May 28, Jon Caramanica, “A Rapper With Celebrity but No Label”, in New York Times:
  • When both lifecasts are completed, we will put the two molds together and reinforce the seam with plaster before we fill the mold[…]2013, Todd Debreceni, Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen:
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