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Cumberbabe

noun

Etymology

Blend of Cumberbatch + babe.

  1. inherited from *babô✻
  2. inherited from *babō✻
  3. inherited from *baba✻ — “boy, child”
  4. inherited from babe
  5. compounded as cumberbabe — “Cumberbatch + babe”

Definitions

  1. A female fan of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

    • So is the fantasy to put warmth and cuddly love into this weird detective's life - or is Benedict such a Cumberbabe magnet because he's just a brilliant actor and easy on the eye?
    • Cumberbabes: brace yourselves. Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that some of his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes are so tight that, in his words, “you can almost see what religion I am.”
    • 2013, Liz Ferguson, "Twenty years of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock! What do you think, Cumberbabes?", The Gazette (Montreal), 13 March 2013 (only used in title)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA