muser
nounEtymology Likely a blend of Musical.ly (or music/musical) + user.
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Historical A user of the social media service Musical.ly.
- With cool features for searching for content, sharing your own videos, and remixing work from other musers, there’s terrific potential here for an exciting, creative space for making music.2016 February 19, Patricia Monticello Kievlan, “Musical.ly is a mobile music video community”, in Sun Herald, volume 132, number 139, page 18:
- “One of the differences to other apps,” he [Alex Hofmann] said, “is that we don’t only talk to the musers” – the company’s term for users – “we talk to the parents.”2016 September 25, John Herrman, “Popular video app has grade-school user base”, in Austin American-Statesman, volume 146, number 62, page F4:
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- harvey: […] We were thinking of doing something with Amelia Gething and Houssein – it would be nice, because they’re also British musers and we’ve become really good friends.2017, Max Mills; Harvey Mills, Max and Harvey (in a Book), Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 104:
- For many users — or “musers,” in the app’s parlance — Musical.ly is a positive experience. Lockport resident Natalie Leone, whose 10-year-old daughter, Sicily, is a devoted muser, said it reminds her of how she entertained herself when she was a child.2017 January 31, John Keilman, “Lip-sync app strikes parents as sour note”, in Chicago Tribune, 169th year, number 31, page 6:
- It's a sunny morning at Musical.ly's Santa Monica, Calif. offices and dozens of so-called young "musers"--popular users on the music video sharing app--have gathered to do business: meet, take pictures and record the 15 second lip syncing clips for which they are Internet famous.2017 May 11, Natalie Robehmed, “From Musers To Money: Inside Video App Musical.ly's Coming Of Age”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 14 May 2017:
- It can enable the formation of content that can be five minutes long, compilation of video clips into stories and collaboration on duets with other musers (users of the platform). Musical.ly permits musers to develop their fan base by sharing its content on other platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram.2018, Summary of 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson + Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk 2-in-1 Boxset Bundle, SpeedyReads, →ISBN: