curebie community
- noun
- Jargon
- Social media has enabled the curebie community to grow and connect people with similar interests from around the world.
Examples
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The curebie community often gathers at wellness fairs to exchange ideas about nontraditional therapies.
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Some critics argue that the curebie community sometimes promotes unproven or potentially dangerous health practices.
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The curebie community often shares natural remedies.
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I joined a local curebie community last month.
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The curebie community often gathers at wellness retreats to explore holistic approaches to health.
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Many members of the curebie community regularly share their experiences with herbal supplements and alternative treatments.
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In online forums, the curebie community discusses various unconventional health strategies people can try at home.
Surface Forms
Morphology
curebie + community
One constituent ('curebie') is not a dictionary word but appears to be formed from the familiar root 'cure', and 'community' is fully transparent, so a B1 learner who knows 'cure' and 'community' could infer it denotes a group concerned with cures or healing. However, 'curebie' is a nonce/label with culture-specific connotations (often alternative/remedial activism) that are not fully predictable from the parts, so the expression requires some prior exposure to grasp precise meaning.
Etymology
Curebie community probably comes from putting cure, meaning a remedy, together with a friendly -bie ending to name people who love or share home remedies. So, it now means a group that shares 'alternative' health ideas outside normal medicine online.