megasellern.
/ˈmɛɡəˌsɛlə/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡəˌsɛlər/ colloquial.
A best-selling book, record, etc. Also in extended use, of a person. Cf. megaselling adj.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [noun] > best-seller or quick-seller
bestseller1896
bestsellership1920
quick-seller1926
runaway best-seller1937
runaway1941
megabook1980
megaseller1983
1983 Newsweek 28 Mar. 58/1 This 10-hour family saga, adapted from Colleen McCullough's 1977 megaseller about sin and retribution in the Australian outback, does exactly what it sets out to do.
1987 Daily Tel. 19 June 13/4 The first clue to discovering whether something is intended to be a megaseller is the title: it will probably be a single word, give or take a definite article.
1992 Premiere Feb. 100/3 Jodie would be a megaseller, because all the women I know would bring her to step aerobics, networking saunas, and prochoice cocktail fund-raisers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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