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thrasher

8.9

A fan of very fast heavy metal music who goes to loud concerts

noun
/ˈθræʃər/

Jargon

: seguidor del thrash metal

On Friday, November 16th, crazy thrashers Municipal Waste came to the Rocky Point Cantina in Tempe, Arizona.

Examples

Every thrasher in the venue raised their fists in the air during the energetic performance.
Then the moment every vest-wearing, high-top-laced, stud-covered thrasher fan was waiting for came.

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The crowd of thrashers sang along as the band played their favorite songs at the concert.
At the festival, fans dressed as true thrashers, wearing band shirts and leather jackets while enjoying the music.

Synonyms

metalhead

vsthrasher

Slang

7 7.4

A person who loves heavy metal music and goes to its concerts

focuses on a specific heavy metal subgenre and active concert participation

Compounds

brown thrasher

7.3

A large brown bird that sings in eastern North America with a long tail and streaked chest

How Enthusiastic

hardcore fan

Informal

3 3.7

thrasher

Jargon

8.9

fan

∞ 1.0

listener

228 1.0

Surface Forms

thrasher singular

thrashers plural

Morphology

thrasher = thrash (transparent) = thrash + er

This is a regular agent noun built from 'thrash' with '-er', so the meaning 'person associated with thrash' is readily recoverable.

Etymology

The word thrasher for a fan comes from thrash, the name of the fast, loud music, and from the verb thrash meaning 'to move violently', so a thrasher is someone who loves that loud, fast music and its energetic shows.