*NSYNCer

English

Alternative forms

• *NSYNC-er, 'NSync-er, 'NSYNCer, 'NSyncer, N*SYNCer, N'Sync-er, N'Syncer, NSYNC-er, NSYNCer

Etymology

From *NSYNC +‎ -er.

Noun

*NSYNCer (plural *NSYNCers)

1. A member of the American boy band *NSYNC.
   • 1996 June 7, The Orlando Sentinel, page X-3:

     NICOLE — ’Nsyncers at Hooters? With u? Don’t think so - give ’em credit! Ali

   • 1998 October 14, Monica Eng, “Band’s stand: Despite its copy-cat feel, ’NSync insists nothing about it is fabricated or false”, in Chicago Tribune, 152nd year, number 287, section 5, page 3:

     One imagines a room full of ’NSyncers on the phones all day, cranking out polite, diplomatic and perfectly coached answers.

   • 1999 March 28, “Win tickets to see N’Sync at The Mark!”, in The Dispatch, 121st year, number 239, Moline, Ill., page H3:

     Which two N’Sync-ers were in the “Mickey Mouse Club”?

   • 2000, Maggie Marron, The Ultimate *NSYNC Quiz Book, MetroBooks, →ISBN, back cover:

     Inside this exciting and entertaining book you will find: • Fifteen quizzes with hundreds of multiple choice, true/false, and spot that *NSYNCer questions, ranging from the totally easy to the truly baffling.

   • 2000 March 29, Angela Hanyak, “Big sisters of song raising level of teen music”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 73, number 242, page E-3:

     There are definite advantages to being Britney Spears rather than an N’Syncer.

   • 2000 May, Teen, page 52:

     what’s in your fridge? TEEN ASKED FOUR DELICIOUS *NSYNCERS THIS QUESTION, AND HERE’S WHAT THEY SAID: […]

   • 2000 May 9, The Advocate, →ISSN, page 39:

     20-something John meets up with Backstreeter Kevin [Richardson] (above) and ’N Syncer Joey [Fatone].

   • 2000 May 18, Brad Schmitt, “Brad About You”, in The Tennessean, volume 96, number 139, Nashville, Tenn., page 3A:

     Diane Bass, mother of ’N[-]Sync-er Lance Bass, told me yesterday that the Sisqo girl dancers will wear less revealing shorts for the rest of the tour [the No Strings Attached Tour].

   • 2000 June 11, Amanda Lutzker, Andrew Stryker, Scott Wanderman, “’N Sync”, in Newsday‎^[1], volume 60, number 282:

     We interviewed pop group ’N-Sync-ers Chris Kirkpatrick, 28; Joey Fatone Jr., 23; Justin Timberlake, 19; JC Chasez, 22 and Lance Bass, 22 at Planet Hollywood in Manhattan recently.

   • 2000 June 13, Jim Harrington, “No Puppet Show: ’NSYNC knows how to put together a fabulous package”, in The Oakland Tribune, page LIVING-1:

     The fans are incredibly passionate, with seemingly every member of the crowd proudly sporting band T-shirts — and many went so far as to write the names of their favorite ‘NSYNC-ers on their arms and faces.

   • 2000 July 4, Leigh Allan, “Catering to stars is a dream”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 123, number 281, page 1B:

     There are five ’NSyncers, but they come with a convoy of trucks and buses and an entourage of 140, which makes you wonder what will happen to the economy if one of the Syncers gets hoarse.

   • 2000 August, Teen, page 129:

     Not only does *NSYNCer Chris Kirkpatrick have a great gig breaking album sales records around the world, last fall he launched his own clothing line called FuMan Skeeto.

   • 2002, Playbill, page 4:

     Left: Joey Fatone (r.) and fellow *NSYNCer, Justin Timberlake, at Fatone’s Rent debut.

   • 2003, Justin Timberlake: Unauthorised, Contender Books, →ISBN, pages 50, 65, and 86:

     And do the other *NSYNCers approve of the album? “Chris [Kirkpatrick] has heard a lot and loves it. They’ve all been very supportive,” says Justin [Timberlake]. […] Physically Justin has always been attractive to the ladies, and in poster-boy terms was by far the most popular of the *NSYNCers. […] The *NSYNCers all have their own handle on Justin’s personality.

   • 2003 January, Popular Science, volume 262, number 1, page 75, column 2:

     (’NSyncer Lance Bass’ $20 million visit to the station was postponed in September.)

   • 2003 June 30, Doug Levy, “Black Eyed Peas: Elephunk (A&M)”, in CMJ New Music Report, number 820; volume 76, number 5, page 6:

     With “Where Is The Love,” a string-driven sure-fire urban pop hit, the Black Eyed Peas have pretty much guaranteed themselves the attention of a nation, by not only roping in the *NSYNCer-gone-superstar [Justin Timberlake], but also addressing the ills of the modern world.

   • 2004 April 16, Katelyn Morey, “JC out of sync, not skill”, in The Etownian, volume 61, number 22, Elizabethtown, Pa., page 4:

     As with any *Nsync fan, I also feel the need to support my boys when they branch off and do solo projects. Ok, most of the time. Don’t even get me started on Justin Timberlake. Which is why I decided to take a different route, and talk about the recent release of fellow *Nsyncer JC Chasez’s album, Schizophrenic.

   • 2006, Schuyler Brown, “Buzz marketing: the next chapter”, in Justin Kirby, Paul Marsden, editors, Connected Marketing: The Viral, Buzz and Word of Mouth Revolution, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, part two (Connected Marketing Principles), page 216:

     Besides being the front man of fêted band N.E.R.D., he [Pharrell Williams] is the brains behind Justin Timberlake’s morphing from mop-top *NSYNCer to superstud R&B phenomenon.

   • 2015 February 23, OK!, volume 11, number 8, New York, N.Y.: Odyssey Magazine Publishing Group LLC., →ISSN, page 46:

     The *NSYNCer [Lance Bass] is one of music’s most recognizable gay names, so who’s a better choice to celebrate the first real gay marriage on American TV?

   • 2016, M.J. Dougherty, Life Lessons from a Total Failure, The Hodge Podge House Publishers, →ISBN, page 122:

     I was the guy who, when asked what they were going to do after graduating high school, would reply, “Be an *NSYNCer or the newest member of the gang on Friends!”