vuvuzelist

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English[edit]

A vuvuzelist

Etymology[edit]

vuvuzela +‎ -ist

Noun[edit]

vuvuzelist (plural vuvuzelists)

  1. Someone who blows a vuvuzela, a type of traditional South African horn.
    • 2009 June 11, “Our Bafana lads are full of tricks”, in The Star[1]:
      This is the distinguishing feature of the accomplished vuvuzelist. The vuvuzela blower lives by one golden rule: never stop blowing.
    • 2010 June 18, Tom Phillips, “Orange unveils HD Voice, promising better call quality”, in Metro[2]:
      Not having been able to test it in more extreme conditions, we're not sure how well it would cope in, say, a stadium full of vuvuzelists - but it should hopefully lead to a good deal less shouting into the mobile on the train.
    • 2010 June 18, Jonathan Guthrie, “Horn of Plenty is set to run dry”, in Financial Times[3], archived from the original on 21 June 2010:
      Demand from would-be vuvuzelists out there in Couch Potato Land is now outstripping supply, according to analysts of the short-life-cycle consumer products industry.