Numanoid

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fan of the English synthpop musician Gary Numan (born 1958). slang

    "Soon Numan had picked up a fiercely loyal fan militia called the Numanoids, who followed him with the obsessive tenacity that only sustained ridicule can foster."

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"Soon Numan had picked up a fiercely loyal fan militia called the Numanoids, who followed him with the obsessive tenacity that only sustained ridicule can foster."

Etymology

From Numan + -oid, to rhyme with humanoid. Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb) chose his stage name from the Yellow Pages telephone directory, basing it on Neumann.

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pop musician

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