Megatron

See also: megatron

English

Etymology

Blend of Meghan +‎ -tron (influenced in form by Megatron, a fictional character among the Transformers, whose name was influenced by megatron, mega-, M, and -tron).

Noun

Megatron (plural Megatronz or Megatrons)

(slang) A fan of American singer-songwriter and television personality Meghan Trainor (born 1993).
- 2014 November 19, Michelle McGahan, “Meghan Trainor’s ‘Lips Are Movin’ Video Is Sassy and Colorful”, in PopCrush‎^[1], Townsquare Media, archived from the original on 21 November 2014:
  Megatronz, check out Meghan Trainor's 'Lips Are Movin' video here, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the vid below!
- 2015 February 10, Louis Cheslaw, “Title - Meghan Trainor”, in Venue (Concrete), number 308, page 07, column 3:
  The attention span of the #Megatrons, as Trainor has christened her fans, presumably falls somewhere between the six-second length of a Vine and the 15-second limit on an Instagram video.
- 2015 March, Carissa Rosenberg Tozzi, “Life on the M Train”, in Seventeen, page 114:
  But when L.A. Reid, CEO of Epic Records, heard “That Bass,” he fell in love with Meghan’s empowering, in-your-face lyrics—as did all her fans (hey, Megatronz!), who have clicked on her YouTube video roughly 500 million times.
- 2015 March 8, Leslie Armstrong, “Meghan Trainor teary over avid fans’ loud singalong”, in Toronto Star‎^[2]:
  It was “Title” – which Trainor later deemed “the best song of the night” – that had the singer seemingly marvelling at her “Megatronz,” who sang the whole way through.
- 2015 May 6, Brendan Hitchens, “Megan Trainor, GRL”, in The Music, number 87, Melbourne, Vic., page 35, column 2:
  From then on, it’s wall-to -all hits as she leads a full backing band and troupe of dancers, and has her ‘Megatrons’ – her largely pre-teen fanbase – in the palm of her hand.
- 2017 December 6, Alex Riccardi, “CUTEST COUPLE: Daryl Sabara Is Officially the Love of Meghan Trainor's Life”, in J-14‎^[3], archived from the original on 22 December 2017:
  Lots of Megatronz may have missed this relationship, or fling if you want to call it, because it was so quick.
- 2018 winter, Euphoria, number 10, page 123:
  It’s extremely clear that Trainor respects and loves her Megatrons as much as they do her.
- 2022 October 29, Kevin Fallon, “Sorry Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor Is the Pop Diva of the Moment”, in Yahoo!‎^[4], archived from the original on 9 November 2022:
  This is a major moment for us Megatronz! Our Grammy-winning icon is keeping us fed!

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