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Definition of glitterati
glitterati 
noun - uncountable
- fashionable famous people.
I simply cannot believe you didn't go to the event. All the glitterati were there!
- See more words with the same meaning: well-known, popular.
Last edited on Feb 07 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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| Definitions include: stolen. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical list of the post popular people. | |
| Definitions include: well-known, established. | |
| Definitions include: something that is currently popular. | |
| Definitions include: a new popular thing. | |
| Definitions include: metaphorically, the center of attention. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is famous due to their world-wide web presence. | |
| Definitions include: something popular but lacking in substance. | |
| Definitions include: very popular. | |
| Definitions include: See on the map. | |
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| Definitions include: lighting underneath the body of a car, which shines on the ground. | |
| Definitions include: extremely tight-fitting bottom-wear on men. | |
| Definitions include: these. | |
| Definitions include: a female manager of prostitutes. | |
| Definitions include: muscular. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation derived from "damn" meaning "Oh my" or "Holy cow!" | |
| Definitions include: to get into a bind, to get into trouble, to get tangled up. |
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