Citations:Cumberlady
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Noun: "(slang) a female fan of actor Benedict Cumberbatch"
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- 2012, Beverley Watts, "Calling all Cumberbitches! Is it Benedict Cumberbatch who's irresistible or is it Sherlock?", Now, 29 March 2012:
- Okay, Cumberladies - whatever, what's the appeal?
- 2013, Andrea Mandell, "For Benedict Cumberbatch, film stardom is elementary", USA Today, 16 October 2013:
- "The Cumberladies," he says, subbing in the word "lady" for his fans' cruder term. He grins: "The Cumberpeople."
- 2015, Mila Hasan, My Continuing Letter to Benedict Cumberbatch, Lulu.com (2015), →ISBN, page 19:
- Be it at premiers, special events, or just on the street, you always have the time for your fans. Be they Cumberladies or even Cumbergents.
- 2016, Anneka Honeyball, "Doctor Strange", in "The Edge's Most Anticipated Films of 2016", The Edge (University of Southampton), January 2016, page 21:
- The first images of Cumberbatch as the so-called 'Sorcerer Supreme' also look tremendously promising (and for the Cumberladies of the world, more than a little bit foxy.)