Any half-hearted and disingenuous attempt by the mainstream to pass itself off as new, nonconformist, or anti-establishment.
vb. mainstream ("normal", trendy, majority, conformist, establishment) + steam (to let off steam or relieve pressure)
vb. mainstream ("normal", trendy, majority, conformist, establishment) + steam (to let off steam or relieve pressure)
"GAP is donating half of the sales on red items to support Women's Rights in the Third World!"
"They're just mainsteaming. don't believe that crap."
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"I went to a hippie festival last month to check out the scene, but I realized I was just mainsteaming. I don't actually understand their deal."
"They're just mainsteaming. don't believe that crap."
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"I went to a hippie festival last month to check out the scene, but I realized I was just mainsteaming. I don't actually understand their deal."
by HonourGuard March 22, 2007
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The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar.
Both of those are still a rarity.
Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good indie music is mistakenly put there.
The only inkling of individuality is either a) the lead singer's voice, or b)the fucking tone of the guitar.
Both of those are still a rarity.
Sometimes, you can define a mainsrteam band by the ranking they are at on the top 40 list, or the iTunes most popular. But not always, because sometimes good indie music is mistakenly put there.
jock: "Dude, I just got this new CD. It's 'American Idiot' man!! I feel so bad-ass! Aren't they awesome, singing about America and shit?!"
smart indie kid: "Fuck man, don't spend money on that mainstream garbage.
Go buy some Pinback."
smart indie kid: "Fuck man, don't spend money on that mainstream garbage.
Go buy some Pinback."
by Tartar Martyr July 3, 2005
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to keep up or carry on drinking for hours and hours. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain consciousness after much intoxication. Maintaining!
Maintaining:we are going to maintain tonight, no shots.
Holy F**k I maintained last night, I really should be dead after all i drank.
Holy F**k I maintained last night, I really should be dead after all i drank.
by toronto1984 November 10, 2010
Get the Maintaining mug.Bands popular amongst only indie kids, but break out into the MTV crowd. Includes almost all bands that start with "The". They're not indie anymore, but you don't know what else to peg them as.
Hipster 1: I cannot stand this wave of mainstream indie, those bands were soo much better before they sold out and got big.
Hipster 2: Ugggh, I know, those bands are just so uncool now.
Hipster 2: Ugggh, I know, those bands are just so uncool now.
by kit_deamaral April 26, 2010
Get the mainstream indie mug.a female who loves attention,and she loves mainstream things such as guys with tattos,she's a groupie only to whos the hottest,she alwyas in constant drama..because her life is boring
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by zekeflex January 18, 2011
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by magicalllama June 23, 2012
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