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blingless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From bling + -less.

Meanings

1. (slang) Without bling.
   • In Bling World, the blingless were invisible. Some policemen in their high visibility yellow jackets came round the corner, followed by League for the Liberation of Nobodies demonstrators in their tattered newspaper hats and coats. 2009, Mike Hockney, The Last Bling King:
   • And don't come crying to me when a crazed, fashionconscious criminal comes along, knocks you out with a frying pan, and steals them off your feet, leaving you alone, barefoot, and bling-less. 2015, Dina Gachman, Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime:
   • We were dressed in dirty, blingless rags of sin, yet Jesus traded places with us. And when he did, he made it possible for us to trade our rags for his own righteousness. 2009, Rhonda Rhea, Whatsoever Things Are Lovely:
   • And so the wealthy are going blingless and eschewing the spending sprees of the recent gilded age. 2008, Newsweek:
   • You're bling-less!!” Blumenthal reached for an earlobe. He shook his head. “Gave it up, brother. What's theuse, you know? Jesus, I sold all those watches, got nearly seventy grand. Diamonds I kept but locked away. [...]” 2014, Daniel O'Neil, Bodies on the Potomac: A Thriller:

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