bandhood

English

Etymology

band + -hood

Noun

bandhood (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The state of being a musical band.
    • 2008 June 27, Nate Chinen, “A Close-Knit Trio Turns Itself Into a Quartet for a Night”, in New York Times:
      Since officially declaring bandhood around the turn of the millennium, the Bad Plus has convincingly modeled a closed society.
    • 1996 June, SPIN, volume 12, number 3, page 64:
      Traditionalists turned rockers turned rocking traditionalists, Los Lobos have forged strong family ties that have succored them for more than two decades of bandhood.
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