Cumberbabe

English

Etymology

Blend of Cumberbatch +‎ babe.

Noun

Cumberbabe (plural Cumberbabes)

1. (slang, fandom slang) A female fan of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
   • 2012 March 29, Beverley Watts, “Calling all Cumberbitches! Is it Benedict Cumberbatch who's irresistible or is it Sherlock?”, in Now:

     So is the fantasy to put warmth and cuddly love into this weird detective's life - or is Benedict such a Cumberbabe magnet because he's just a brilliant actor and easy on the eye?

   • 2013 March 8, Tom Cole, “Benedict Cumberbatch's Star Trek costumes are so tight 'you can almost see what religion I am'”, in Radio Times:

     Cumberbabes: brace yourselves. Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that some of his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes are so tight that, in his words, “you can almost see what religion I am.”

   • 2013, Liz Ferguson, "Twenty years of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock! What do you think, Cumberbabes?", The Gazette (Montreal), 13 March 2013 (only used in title)
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Cumberbabe.

Synonyms

• Cumberbitch (vulgar), Cumberlady

Hypernyms

• Cumberfan, Cumberperson