A limelight is someone who is a big fan of the boy band Why Dont We. They eat, sleep, shower these guys! They follow their tours, but merch and become besties with other limelights!
I'm a Why Dont We Limelight!
by Why dont we love July 12, 2018
by Tony December 9, 2004
by Klwdw November 15, 2017
1. A focus of public attention
2. An intense illumination (used in theaters) produced by a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence.
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, 2009
by Imashelyherron October 13, 2018
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 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.
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 July 21, 2013