zinester, n.

zinester
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zinester_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 2021

# zinesternoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zinester mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zinester. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the noun zinester?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1980 | 0.0053
1990 | 0.0053
2000 | 0.0053
2010 | 0.0053

### How is the noun zinester pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈziːn(t)stə/
ZEEN-stuh

#### U.S. English

/ˈzin(t)stər/
ZEEN-stuhr

### Where does the noun zinester come from?

Earliest known use

1980s

The earliest known use of the noun zinester is in the 1980s.

OED's earliest evidence for zinester is from 1986, in Maximum RocknRoll.

zinester is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zine n., ‑ster suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zinc white, n. 1847–
2. zincy, adj. 1757–
3. zinc yellow, n. 1847–
4. zindabad, int. & n. 1930–
5. zindan, n. 1844–
6. Zindikite, n. 1694–
7. Zindiq, n. 1667–
8. zine, n. 1946–
9. zineb, n. 1950–
10. zines, int.?1701–10
11. zinester, n.1986–
12. zinfandel, n. 1880–
13. zing, v. 1899–
14. zing, int. & n. 1875–
15. zingana, n.¹ 1883
16. zingana, n.² 1911–
17. Zingani, n. 1581–1879
18. Zingara, n. 1756–
19. Zingaro, n. 1600–
20. zingel, n. 1803–
21. zingelin perch, n. 1803

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zine n., ‑ster suffix.
< zine n. + ‑ster suffix, perhaps punningly after scenester n.

## Meaning & use

1. 1986–
   A person who writes for or produces a zine (zine n.).
   1. 1986

      > Local zinester Aaron Cometbus was honored in a ‘Fanzine of the Month’ interview.

      Maximum RocknRoll December
   2. 1993

      > As a new zinester my heart still pounds as I check my p. o. box to see if any goodies have been sent my way.

      Going Homo October 3/1
   3. 2000

      > The cover illustration depicts a particular stereotype of a zinester—a punky male at work with scissors, paste and photocopier.

      R. Sabin & T. Triggs, Below Crit. Radar 1

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈziːn(t)stə/
ZEEN-stuh

### U.S. English

/ˈzin(t)stər/
ZEEN-stuhr

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zinester typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zinester is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zinester, n., 1980–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1980 | 0.0053
1990 | 0.0053
2000 | 0.0053
2010 | 0.0053

Originally published as part of the entry for zine, n.

zinester, n. was first published in March 2021.

zinester, n. was last modified in July 2023.