sublebrity

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sublebrity

/sʌbˈlɛ.bɹɪ.ti/ UK
/sʌbˈlɛ.bɹə.ti/ US
[-ɾi] US

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Blend of sub- (“below; secondary, subsidiary”, prefix) + celebrity.

noun sublebrities · sub-lebrity

derogatory, informal Synonym of minor celebrity (“a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous”). After the screening, a large crowd filled the street outside the theater, playing spot-the-sublebrity with some of the film's prime characters, including Nirvana photographer Alice Wheeler and [Courtney] Love's estranged (and notoriously unhinged) father, Hank Harrison, who appears in the movie hawk
Similar: C-lister, demicelebrity, minicelebrity, minor celebrity

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@misc{sublebrity_2026,
  title = {sublebrity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sublebrity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}