Meaning of famesque | Babel Free

Definitions

famous for being famous.

rare

Examples

“Sienna Miller is not famous. She is famesque.”

“SERIES PREMIERE, Kourtney and Khloe Take⟳ Miami, 10 p.m., E! Speaking of famesque, Kim Kardashian’s sisters — the short one and the sasquatch — get⟳ their own⟳ show⟳.”

“When Fame is the title of a musical, Notorious the stage⟳ name⟳ of a rapper, and Celebrity the name⟳ of a cruise line (or a hair salon) we have⟳ moved into territory where these terms of approbation and rebuke have⟳ become⟳ brands. The words themselves, rather than anything or anyone they might designate, have⟳ become⟳—to employ⟳ a recent coinage—famesque.”

“We know⟳ that’s hard to imagine⟳ because it seems everyone wants to be famous these days and strives to be at least famesque, if not famous for actually doing something.”

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