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Swiftie
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swiftie
English
Alternative forms
en Swifty
Etymology
From en Swift -ie.
Pronunciation
swĭft′ē
en /ˈswɪft.iː/ RP,AuE
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Swiftie.wav Southern England
en En-au-Swiftie.ogg AU
en /ˈswɪft.i/ GenAm,CanE,ScE
en /ˈswəft.iː/ NZE
en /ˈswɪfʈ.iː/ InE
en ɪfti 2
en Swift ie
Noun
en informal An enthusiastic fan of American singer-songwriter and actress Taylor Swift.
en 2012 Ina Esclamado Taylor Swift http://issuu.com/magazinecord/docs/cord_april_2012 Cord Music Magazine April 26 Today was the day, and it hadn't fully hit me till that very moment when the doors opened and I was rushing to the front of the stage and standing amongst the thousands of fellow Swifties.
en 14 February 2013 Sean Keeley http://issuu.com/bcheights/docs/feb14/14 Grammys: the good, the bad and the ugly The Heights Boston College 94 8 B4 Even for devoted Swifties, it's hard to deny that her surrealist nightmare of a Grammy performance was a definite miscalculation.
2013, Colin Orthmann, "Party Animals", Sound, Phrase & Fury, Volume 1, Issue 5, September/October 2013, page 35:
“RED” makes you think of Taylor Swift, so maybe we can get some confused Swifties to buy our album.
Judith Newman John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer 2022-12-17 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/style/annie-wu-henry-john-fetterman.html Fresh off a frantic election cycle, the former Fetterman campaign social media producer — and dedicated Swiftie — takes time to shake it off.
Derived terms
en Swiftiedom
See also
en Tom Swifty
Anagrams
en efiistw wifiest
en eponyms
en Taylor Swift Fans (people)