lamestream
lamestream Lexical Profile
lamestream Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
North American Conventional, establishment, or mainstream in a way regarded as dull, biased, or out of touch (especially of traditional news media).
"The commentator urged listeners to ignore the lamestream press and seek out independent journalists."
• noun
North American The mainstream media or dominant cultural establishment, viewed disparagingly as unoriginal, biased, or out of touch.
"Once an underground genre, the music style was eventually absorbed into the lamestream."
Word Nuance & Usage
Used exclusively as an informal, derogatory term, most commonly in the phrase 'lamestream media' to criticize traditional news outlets as biased or out of touch.
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Word Origin & Etymology
A late 20th-century portmanteau blending 'lame' and 'mainstream', popularized in American political discourse during the late 2000s.
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