a background musician is a person who, without considering others, drums on every available surface constantly and poorly with his or her hands, or an inanimate object like chopsticks or pencils.
by aubrey39 November 14, 2006
To background obsess is to obsess over something or someone while still carrying on with your daily life. You continue to fulfill your daily tasks and obligations without a noticeable decrease in mindfulness or attentiveness, but the object of your obsession is never far from your mind, and you often find yourself thinking about it/them without consciously having meant to.
by mitchco September 10, 2010
by gary pierotti March 17, 2005
A television show / movie you’ve seen enough times that you know the plot by heart and it no longer requires active attention to follow, so you watch it while you’re completing other quiet activities, to fill the room with some kind of noise.
Friend: Hey, I thought we were going to study, why is Friends/Seinfield/The Office/Parks and Rec on?
You: I’m not watching it, it’s just background noise, let’s study!
You: I’m not watching it, it’s just background noise, let’s study!
by InspectorVega June 26, 2019
Person1- Hey, did you see that picture?!
Person2- Ya! It was awesome! Defiantly Background Worthy!
Person1- Defiantly
Person2- Ya! It was awesome! Defiantly Background Worthy!
Person1- Defiantly
by C9h8o7d6e2155 May 24, 2010
It is a general description or brief overview/summary of a subject obtained solely from one's left thumb.
by Th3OverWatch September 20, 2018
A background actor, is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking or nonsinging (silent) capacity, usually in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene). Most of the time most of these background actors struggle to find permanent work in the industry and find it hard to pay the bills. Being a background actor is a way to get your feet in the acting door without having to go through arduous auditions and get paid to keep your head above water.
On a film or TV set, background actors are usually referred to as "background talent", "background performers", "background artists", "background cast members" or simply "background", while the term "extra" is rarely used these days. In a stage production, background actors are commonly referred to as "supernumeraries". In opera and ballet, they are called "supers".
Background Actors need to be fully committed to the production they have been chosen to work on and because the hours can be long
On a film or TV set, background actors are usually referred to as "background talent", "background performers", "background artists", "background cast members" or simply "background", while the term "extra" is rarely used these days. In a stage production, background actors are commonly referred to as "supernumeraries". In opera and ballet, they are called "supers".
Background Actors need to be fully committed to the production they have been chosen to work on and because the hours can be long
War films and epic films often employ background actors in large numbers: some films have featured hundreds or even thousands of paid background actors as cast members (hence the term "cast of thousands").
by 2Bois November 27, 2021