bling-lessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From bling +‎ -less.

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形容詞

blingless (comparative more blingless, superlative most blingless)

1. (slang) Without bling.
   • 2008, Newsweek:

     And so the wealthy are going blingless and eschewing the spending sprees of the recent gilded age.

   • 2009, Rhonda Rhea, Whatsoever Things Are Lovely:

     We were dressed in dirty, blingless rags of sin, yet Jesus traded places with us. And when he did, he made it possible for us to trade our rags for his own righteousness.

   • 2009, Mike Hockney, The Last Bling King:

     In Bling World, the blingless were invisible. Some policemen in their high visibility yellow jackets came round the corner, followed by League for the Liberation of Nobodies demonstrators in their tattered newspaper hats and coats.

   • 2014, Daniel O'Neil, Bodies on the Potomac: A Thriller:

     You're bling-less!!” Blumenthal reached for an earlobe. He shook his head. “Gave it up, brother. What's theuse, you know? Jesus, I sold all those watches, got nearly seventy grand. Diamonds I kept but locked away. [...]”

   • 2015, Dina Gachman, Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime:

     And don't come crying to me when a crazed, fashionconscious criminal comes along, knocks you out with a frying pan, and steals them off your feet, leaving you alone, barefoot, and bling-less.