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non-mainstream

the opposite of mainstream. usually not the 'trend' and usually not what everybody else is doing. original and individual. can usually be identified as something original and/or something that will probably never become popular, but awesome nevertheless.
mainstream : conformists :: non-mainstream : individuals.

SOMETIMES alternative/emo/indie music. other music, such as pop punk, can be mistaken as non-mainstream.
by ruth February 14, 2005
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Urb Mainstream

When a slang term has been around for a very long time, but you just remember that slang word today because it was the Urban Dictionary word of the day.
Tony: Yo, everybody is saying "Balls out". I remember back when me and homies used to say that. I guess now that it was word of the day it hit the Urb Mainstream.

John: (Shit this dude got me in Verbal handcuffs about this "Urb Mainstream")
by EdDiBono February 18, 2010
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Too Mainstream

Catchphrase used by pretentious douches to disregard anything slightly popular in an effort to feel unique and relevant while royally failing at both.
X: This song is good!
Y: It was good before everyone knew about it, now it's too mainstream.
X: Whatever.
by Tsukinckney June 11, 2011
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Non-Mainstream Music

Pretty much the opposite of Mainstream music. Rarely, if ever, gets on the radio or top 40, and it's not usually well known to the general public. Also known as "Underground Music".
Non-mainstream music includes bands/artists such as Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Dälek, etc.
by 1729 February 16, 2009
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independent-mainstream

Someone who calls them self indie, there for they are not indie, buy indie-mainstream.
"DUDE im so indie, check out this new indie band, they are called The Polyamorous Affair. After i got their new cd i went and bought some tight jeans, a new pair of converse, some big headphones and a new flannel shirt."

"you sound a little independent-mainstream to me"

"no im just really indie, ok well ill talk to you later, im going to go to urban outfitters and think about how to be more indie"
by websternew2 October 28, 2009
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M.S.M.H. (Mainstream Media Hysterics)

Mainstream Media Hysterics is the absolute belief and blind trust people have in Mainstream Media coverage and reporting.
Daniel has a problem in that whatever is so obviously staring him in the face but the mainstream media says otherwise he'd rather trust lies perpetuated by the MSM than his own experience. He's most definitely suffering from M.S.M.H. (Mainstream Media Hysterics). It's really quite sad.
by Za Cosmic Clown June 22, 2022
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...is so mainstream

Similar to your mom jokes, but making fun of how hipsters reject anything as soon as it becomes popular with the masses, or better said, mainstream.

Basically you call one thing mainstream and go on to praise another thing for some kind of (retarded or otherwise) reason.
Examples of ...is so mainstream jokes:

Lady Antebellum is so mainstream, I prefer Wilco because Seth Rogen mentioned them in Funny People.

Pokémon is so mainstream, I prefer Monster Rancher because it never got its well-deserved limelight.

Francis Ford Coppola is so mainstream, I prefer Stanley Kubrick because his films make you think with your brain instead of just see with your eyes.

Sea otters are so mainstream, I prefer river otters because they don't pollute the ocean with their trash and feces.
by JimboWales June 4, 2011
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