limelight

limelight is... the spotlight. when you're famous

famous like eminem

by Tony December 9, 2004

Limelight

Fans of a boy band " whydontwe " call themselves " limelights"

I love the band why don't we Ive been a limelight since the beginning

by Klwdw November 15, 2017

Limelight

1. A focus of public attention

2. An intense illumination (used in theaters) produced by a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence.

Everyone came to see Batman in the Dark Knight, but I think The Joker stole a bit of the limelight with his brilliant performance.

by cream_of_the_crop December 29, 2008

limelight

Originating from the bubonic plague that decimated populations across Europe, this term refers to the dim light that was associated with the lime pits used to decompose the vast number of corpses.

On occasion, people were in comatose states when put in the pits and would awaken in a decaying state and wonder around the lime-pit while crowds of people would gather to stare at this horrific spectacle. This term was later used to describe a unique stage lighting effect, hence ; to be in the lime light means; to be the centre of attention.

by Prof. Edward Keen January 17, 2005

Limelight

Limelight is: A very intense light used in pre-electric theaters created by a controlled heating of the mineral lime until it glows.

Limelight isn't: A word that has anything to do with burying plague victims.

As an example: A "professor" who does not do his etymological research but know's that lime's extreme alkalinity can be used to disinfect and help the decomposition of bodies might make up a story about plague victims wandering among corpses being the center of a crowd's attention and conflate this supposition with the actual use of limelight in theaters to cast spotlights.

by Kdub9 August 30, 2013

limelight

A really good song by the band Rush. Refered to as the universal dream, in the song

living in the limelight the universal dream...

by Nick Szostakiwksyj May 15, 2006

limelight

limelight(s) is a fandom name from the boy band (manband) ‘why don’t we’. the fans pick the name out from their first song ‘taking you’ released in 2016. the first verse ‘i need you in my life like limelight’. when the boys (jonah , corbyn , daniel , jack , zach ) went on twitter and saw the # ‘we are limelights’ and they knew the fans were called limelight’s !

i’m the biggest fan of why don’t we ! wait.. i’m not a fan.. i’m a limelight !

by lovelessxwdw June 11, 2019