scenestern.
/ˈsiːnstə/, U.S. /ˈsinstər/ colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
A person who is characterized by participation in a particular (usually fashionable) social, musical, or artistic scene. Occasionally mildly derogatory. Cf. scene n. 8e.
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1979 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 15 Oct. iii. 1/3 People like to be around any exciting happening—but a long mass is hardly calculated to draw scenesters; it is a somber, quiet occasion.
1983 Los Angeles Times 16 Feb. vi. 3/2 But when the group's set suddenly was interrupted by the eight-piece La Quienas drum corps..even the most jaded Hollywood scenesters managed to register some shock.
1992 Out Summer 10/1 The die-hard scenesters haven't lost their knack for wacked-out fashion statements.
2002 Philadelphia City Paper 18 Apr. 18/1 City Paper sent its resident scenesters..out in search of previously undiscovered forms of intelligent nightlife.
2013 Financial Times 14 Dec. 19 A Franco-American alliance between maestro bassist Bill Laswell and transplanted Parisian scenester Jean Karakos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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