bandom

noun
/ˈbændəm/

Etymology

Blend of band + fandom.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-
  2. derived from *bandiz
  3. derived from *bend
  4. derived from banda
  5. derived from bande
  6. derived from band
  7. suffixed as bandom — “band + dom

Definitions

  1. The condition or quality of being a band.

    • Forming out of a mutual love of the music the band were less of a gang of mates drifting into bandom than people fired by their interest in the music.
    • The confines of traditional bandom, so long seen as the only way to do it, are falling away, allowing committed lifelong musicians the freedom to actually have some semblance of a life.
    • Hundred Reasons have had a tumultuous career, having been dropped by three different record labels in five years, twice during crucial stages of bandom, shortly following the release of their second album and again following their third.
  2. The collective fandoms surrounding certain bands.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bandom. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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