famesque

famous for being famous.

Adjective

  1. famous for being famous.
    • Sienna Miller is not famous. She is famesque. - 2009 August 10, Amy Argetsinger, “They Must Be Stars Because They Get So Much Press, but What Is It They Do Again?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.:
    • 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. - 2009 August 16, “Things to Watch”, in St. Petersburg...
    • 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...

Origin

From fame + -esque; coined by The Washington Post writer Amy Argetsinger in 2009.

Forms

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