🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

sneakerhead

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sneakerhead

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sneakerhead/ˈsniːkərˌhɛd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O jovem colecionador é um verdadeiro sneakerhead dedicado à cultura urbana."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who collects, trades, or is a passionate enthusiast of sneakers (sports shoes) as a fashion statement or hobby.

    "As an avid sneakerhead, he waited in line for hours to buy the newest limited-edition releases."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the late 1980s and early 1990s during the rise of basketball culture, hip-hop, and limited-edition athletic footwear, combining 'sneaker' (sports shoe) and '-head' (a suffix denoting an enthusiastic devotee or expert, as in 'pothead' or 'metalhead').

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