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語源

Blend of lame +‎ mainstream.

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形容詞

lamestream (comparative more lamestream, superlative most lamestream)

1. (slang, derogatory, usually of, media) Mainstream.
   • 1998 October 13, Omoya, “wondering...”, in alt.native‎ (Usenet), message-ID <19981012205907.02009.00000368@ng99.aol.com>:

     I think my Black Creek ancestors, and current rural Afrindian family members would take issue with being lumped into the prosumer/linear lamestream society...

   • 2008 October 22, Alfred Eugene Pearl, The Gates of Hell, Xulon Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 47:

     Knowing over 90% of Americans believe in God, the lamestream media is complicit in the effort to cover up the intentional subversion of liberty and freedom in this nation that was once the beacon of hope to the rest of the world.

   • 2010 June 1, Sarah Palin, “Is It Any Wonder Why We Call Them “Lame”?”, in Facebook‎, retrieved 27 January 2013:

     Thank goodness for social networking sites like this and new media sites which have allowed us to get around the "lamestream" media and present the facts.

派生語

アナグラム

• malestream

形容詞

lame-stream (comparative more lame-stream, superlative most lame-stream)

1. Alternative form of lamestream
   • 1990 December, Bob Mack, “Flash: House Music Map of the Western World”, in Spin, →ISSN, page 32:

     In the meantime, we listen to "Vogue" and other remixed B sides of lame-stream artists that have been fashionably house-ified.

   • 2010 October 5, Michael Savage, Trickle Up Poverty: Stopping Obama's Attack on Our Borders, Economy, and Security, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OL, page 5:

     The middle class isn't just mad about these developments; they're asking hard questions about the guy at the helm — something that should have been done more thoroughly by the lame-stream press before he took command of the deck.

   • 2010 October 13, Peter K. Connolly, Grottogate, Bloomington: iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 128:

     This would be news that even the head-in-the-sand, lame-stream media would have to acknowledge.

アナグラム

• malestream