"deleb" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dead",
        "3": "celeb"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of dead + celeb",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of dead + celeb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delebs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deleb (plural delebs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English blends",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English neologisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, T. Barton Carter, Juliet Lushbough Dee, Harvey L. Zuckman, Mass Communication Law (In a Nutshell), 8th edition, St. Paul, M.N.: West Academic Publishing, pages 129–130",
          "text": "The only apparent qualification is that a deceased person's image or persona may be so desirable for commercial exploitation that a transferable property right in the image is created in the dead celebrity or \"deleb;\" for example, the estate of Michael Jackson took in more than $400 million for licensing his publicity rights in 2018 alone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 24, Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, “Twitter's posthumous blue checks look a lot like necro-advertising, the legally questionable marketing strategy that uses dead celebrities to boost sales”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-01",
          "text": "Recent changes at Twitter indicate the tech giant may be trying its hand at a form of necro-advertising, users speculated after delebs — dead celebrities — including Kobe Bryant and Anthony Bourdain had verification check marks placed on their inactive accounts, creating the appearance that they've paid to subscribe to Twitter Blue.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product."
      ],
      "id": "en-deleb-en-noun-Qcy5GdhB",
      "links": [
        [
          "dead",
          "dead#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "celebrity",
          "celebrity#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "image",
          "image#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "promoting",
          "promote#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism) A dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "delebrity"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "deleb"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dead",
        "3": "celeb"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of dead + celeb",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of dead + celeb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "delebs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deleb (plural delebs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "delebrity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English blends",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English neologisms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, T. Barton Carter, Juliet Lushbough Dee, Harvey L. Zuckman, Mass Communication Law (In a Nutshell), 8th edition, St. Paul, M.N.: West Academic Publishing, pages 129–130",
          "text": "The only apparent qualification is that a deceased person's image or persona may be so desirable for commercial exploitation that a transferable property right in the image is created in the dead celebrity or \"deleb;\" for example, the estate of Michael Jackson took in more than $400 million for licensing his publicity rights in 2018 alone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 24, Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, “Twitter's posthumous blue checks look a lot like necro-advertising, the legally questionable marketing strategy that uses dead celebrities to boost sales”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-01",
          "text": "Recent changes at Twitter indicate the tech giant may be trying its hand at a form of necro-advertising, users speculated after delebs — dead celebrities — including Kobe Bryant and Anthony Bourdain had verification check marks placed on their inactive accounts, creating the appearance that they've paid to subscribe to Twitter Blue.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dead",
          "dead#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "celebrity",
          "celebrity#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "image",
          "image#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "promoting",
          "promote#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(neologism) A dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neologism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "deleb"
}