See also: blink

English

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Etymology

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From a contraction of the group's name, itself a compound of black + pink, seemingly chosen as a homophone of blink.

Noun

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Blinks holding lightsticks during a Blackpink concert in Thailand.

Blink (plural Blinks)

  1. (fandom slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group Blackpink.
    • 2018, Holly Smith, "Season's Sounds", UKP Magazine, Winter 2018, page 22:
      The long-awaited solo from BLACKPINK's Jennie came along and was very well received by BLINKs everywhere.
    • 2019 February 20, “7 reasons why we'll never forget BLACKPINK in Manila”, in Edge Davao, page A2:
      BLACKPINK's first concert in Manila was definitely one for the books and BLINKs can only hope the four girls can come back sooner with brand new hit songs!
    • 2019, Kevin Song, "BlackPinks comeback confirms they're here to 'Stay'", Falconer (Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, California), 26 April 2019, page A8:
      Many Blinks frantically refreshed multiple tabs of the ticket sales site on several devices just to secure a ticket to BlackPink's world tour in a cutthroat battle against thousands of other Blinks.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Blink.