Smiler

See also: smiler

English

Etymology

The singer was born Destiny Hope Cyrus but nicknamed Smiley (later Miley) by her parents because she often smiled as a baby; hence smile +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Smiler (plural Smilers)

1. (slang) A fan of American singer and actress Miley Cyrus.
   • 2013, Erin McAuliffe, "Lorde's 'Pure Heroine'", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 47, Issue 26, 1 October 2013, page 8:

     When she rose to the throne of the iTunes charts with her single “Royals”, she was met with some hateful tweets from Smilers (aka Miley Cyrus fans).

   • 2014, "People to add to your timeline in 2014", The Vidette (Illinois State University), Volume 126, Number 63, 16 January 2014, page 14:

     Smilers can expect tweets revolving around Miley's dogs, hit new album Bangerz and selfies with her classic tongue pose.

   • 2014 April 2, “‘Miserable’ Miley Cyrus mourns her pet during Boston soundcheck”, in The Boston Globe:

     The singer, who missed Jingle Ball because of bad weather in the Big Apple, invited thousands of Smilers — the not-so-clever nickname given to her adoring acolytes — to attend the afternoon soundcheck before her sold-out show at TD Garden.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Smiler.

Anagrams

• Milers, Rimels, Simler, slimer, merils, limers, milers, Imlers