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Mansonite en · NOUN

Etymology

From Manson + -ite.

Meanings

1. A follower of Charles Manson (1934-2017), American leader of a cult-like criminal group in the 1960s.
   • The glib interpretations offered — the Mansonites were all people with grudges against society: he had, like Hitler, an incomplete personality […] 1977, Alexander Walker, Double takes: notes and afterthoughts on the movies, 1956-76:
2. A fan of controversial American rock musician Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner, born 1969).
   • For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's. 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture:
   • By the end, she has become a Mansonite Goth. 2006, Bhesham R. Sharma, The death of art:
   • Today's wet-behind-the-ears Mansonites are fueled by the spirit of betrayal, the sense that somewhere along the line the Woodstock generation copped out. 1994 September, SPIN, volume 10, number 6:
   • When they first started, they wanted to trick all the goths, mansonites, ebmers, darkwavers etc etc into coming to their shows, therefore chose the name to confuse them, so they could unleash their "RAWK" assault of insanely high falsetto vocals, kickass guitar solos and mind bogglingly catchy songs about girls, love and sex. 2004, DJ Brian UK, “The Darkness”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.oldschool (Usenet):

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