SINDUSTRY

noun
sin + industry = sindustry

A playful slang term for any business, profession, market, or money-making world built around things society traditionally labels “sinful,” scandalous, naughty, taboo, provocative, or morally questionable.

Most commonly used for industries involving adult entertainment, nightlife, sex work, strip clubs, erotic content, gambling, partying, vice, or other businesses that polite society loves to judge while quietly spending billions of dollars on them.

Basically: an industry powered by temptation.

The term can be humorous, sarcastic, self-aware, or proudly reclaimed by people working in industries that society profits from, consumes heavily, and then pretends to be shocked by.

“Shayla didn’t stumble into the sindustry—she walked into it, learned the business, built a brand, and made the judgmental people watch.”

“Wildehaven treats the sindustry like any other industry: branding, business, boundaries, customers, money, reputation, and a whole lot of people pretending they don’t participate.”

SINDUSTRY by Temptress of Wildehaven September 21, 2026

The Music Industry 

Taylor Alison Finlay Swift, also known as the mother of cats.

Taylor Swift is the music industry. Periodt.

The Music Industry by relevant people September 11, 2020

The Music Industry 

a synonym for "Taylor Swift"

-The music industry won another grammy.
-Not surprised at all. She's a queen

The Music Industry by _str22_ April 19, 2021

Industry Plant 

An industry plant is an artist who has Major/Indie Label backing their movement but presents themselves as a "home grown start up" label to create a pseudo organic following. They act as if things are miraculously happening for them based on their talent (via blog coverage, media coverage, mtv playing their vids, etc.) The reality is a low risk/high reward situation for labels looking to build the next "new star"

Justin Bieber is an industry plant.

Industry Plant by NicholasCageStressesMeOut July 6, 2015

The music industry 

Taylor Swift

A: Look! She's my favorite singer, Taylor Swift.
B: Oh, do you mean the music industry, right?

The music industry by rosswife August 15, 2020

Industry plant 

An artist or a series of works that has a financial and/or marketing backing from the ground up, usually by an above company or industry, but shows or attempts to show an image of it being otherwise.

To support said image, industry plants often try to blend into categories of other works and artists that are legitimately independent from any fundamental outside support.

"That musician is such an industry plant."

Industry plant by CaramelSgr May 9, 2022

industrytested 

Industrytested is a person, or a group or collective, In any field, It means to be proven, to be a leader, to be someone who dosent just talk shit but takes action and shows the way for others. It means you have shown that you deserve to be recognized for your originality and greatness, you are selfmade

That dude right there is industrytested.

That Company is IndustryTested.

industrytested by industrytested June 14, 2014