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Puritan

Someone who wants to basically make life as boring as possible
Mr. Cox is so puritan he made the band instafail due to lack of coolness.
by WaCkEdOuTDj March 8, 2009
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Album Purist

Someone who listens to entire albums instead of just a few songs here and there. Person who follows albumism. Also albumer or albumist. Opposite of songer or songist.
Some album purist was aching me for buying a few songs off of iTunes.
by J. B. Baby May 22, 2006
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G1 Purist

A transformer fan who hates anything that isn't the original series. G1 purists tend to be quite annoying and unreasonable.
those G1 Purists really hate the 2007 film because of the redesigns.
by soundwave22 May 7, 2008
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purity ring

A ring that signifies postponing sexual involvement until marriage.
Guy: Wanna do it?
Girl: No! Didn't you see my purity ring? I'm saving myself for marriage!
by dietrying January 9, 2009
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Pokemon Purist

(n.) A shot of alcohol containing equal parts of Blue Curacao, hot sauce and Bicardi 151, which must be followed by the drinker's yell, "It's super effective!"
Pokemon Purists all 'round!

It's super effective!
by TheLoudestFan December 30, 2009
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word puritan

A closed-minded person who sees all language in black and white with no exceptions. They are sticklers for one dictionary as their lone authority on every word. They are anal sticklers about language and they refuse to accept any new slang words as legitimate additions to a certain language. Esp., English.
The Scrabble buff was a "word puritan" and he refused to accept any coinage of a new word that was not from his authoritative source.
by ZonaCat Hansen October 30, 2010
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heavy metal purism

Noun describing a mindset among certain heavy metal fans who are preoccupied with distinguishing between "true metal" and "false metal". Typically, heavy metal purists dislike false metal, which often is taken to include glam metal, nu metal, alternative metal and metalcore.

Heavy metal purism tends to be more prevalent among younger metalheads, especially black metal fans. Practitioners of heavy metal purism are sometimes referred to as heavy metal purists.

Also often referred to as "metal purism" or "metal-purism"
“I thought it was really cool,” says Henke remembering when Bring Me The Horizon talked wanting these futuristic sounds. “They’re so creative and had so many ideas about what they wanted.
“Sometimes we didn’t know quite what they had in mind,” adds Fredrik. “But in the end it all made sense.
Did it go against any ‘heavy metal purism’ you might have had?
“Haha, no,” he laughs. “Good stuff is good stuff, and bad stuff is bad stuff. They do it right. I think many bands will follow them.”
by Master of Evöl March 20, 2011
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