AGTuber en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of AG (“American Girl”) + YouTuber. By surface analysis, AG + -Tuber.
Meanings
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(Internet) A YouTuber who uploads videos about American Girl dolls.
According to “History of AGTube”, “Many AGTubers consider xmollygirlx as the first AGTuber, as she was most likely the first popular AGTuber.”
2024 July 24, Yael S Jimenez, “The Intersection of Technology, Fandom, and American Girl Dolls: An Analysis of "AGTube"”, in UCR Honors Capstones 2023-2024, University of California, Riverside, via eScholarship:YouTube user AGmagical13 created this awesome Ke$ha video — in which you'll see dolls partying, DJing, bartending and drinking — in January of last year; it has over 96,000 views. She just turned 16 in August, and considers herself "an older AGtuber."
2012 December 23, Dodai Stewart, “The Weird and Amazing World of American Girl Doll Music Videos”, in Jezebel, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2013:For example, basilmentos, a popular AGTuber with over 177,000 subscribers, realized she had not posted in a month and created a video explaining how busy her life has been in college.
2018, Jessica E. Johnston, “The Doll “InbeTween”: Online Doll Videos and the Intertextuality of Tween Girl Culture”, in Girlhood Studies, volume 11, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 63:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGTubers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |