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🌟 A glowing stick 🎤 A fan wand
lightstick

lightstick

6.3
An official battery-powered wand fans use at concerts to show colour and support their group
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪtˌstɪk/
  • Jargon
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  • During the encore, lightsticks pulsed in time with the bass, creating a sea of coordinated color.

Examples

  • The group's official lightstick connected to the stage system so it flashed in perfect unison.

  • At the concert, every fan raised their lightstick as the arena changed to match the song's color.

  • I bought a new lightstick for the concert.

  • The fans waved their lightsticks in unison.

  • At the concert, every fan raised their lightstick as the arena changed to match the song's color.

  • The group's official lightstick connected to the stage system so it flashed in perfect unison.

  • During the encore, lightsticks pulsed in time with the bass, creating a sea of coordinated color.

Surface Forms

lightstick singular
lightsticks plural

Morphology

lightstick = light + stick (transparent) = light + stick

Although the fandom-specific functions and symbolic use are cultural, the basic object is a stick that lights, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Lightstick comes from light ('brightness') and stick ('a small rod'), so think of it as a bright wand you can hold. In K-pop and other fan groups a lightstick is an official, battery-powered wand fans wave to show their group and to flash in time with the music.