English

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Etymology

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From Duran +‎ -ie.

Noun

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Durannie (plural Durannies)

  1. (slang) A fan of the English rock band Duran Duran.
    • 1990, Punch, volume 299, page 55:
      These followers of Duran Duran's contemporaries, Japan, regarded themselves as being the intellectual superiors of Durannies and formed the more dignified-sounding Japan Appreciation Society.
    • 2000 February, Spin, page 32:
      It's been more than a decade since they've been considered teen idols, but Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon and ex-bass player John Taylor were still able to inspire hysteria from a packed audience of aging Durannies during a one-off semi-reunion at Manhattan nightspot Joe's Pub in November.
    • 2009, Caitlin Davies, Friends Like Us, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 42:
      I was a Durannie and I had you on the inside of my bedroom door, didn't I, Simon?

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