Citations:Barb

English citations of Barb

Noun: "(slang) a fan of the American singer Nicki Minaj, especially a female one"

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• 2010, Billy Jolie, "Nicki Minaj: Emerging Icon", OMG! Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 20, 7 October 2010, page 39:

  And not to leave her gay "Barbz" feeling left out, Minaj admits that one of her many personalities, or characters living inside her head, is a gay boy named Roman Zolanski – a badass who shuts it down with lyrical dominance.

• 2012, Maya Kellam, "Handler disses Jolie for Team Aninston", The Spectator (Valdosta State University), Volume 83, Issue 30, 26 April 2012, page 6:

  Minaj wants all you Kenz and Barbz to know that she deleted her twitter because a voice in her head told her to.

• 2012, Max Veras, "Roman Reloaded Review", Clear Falls Post (Clear Falls High School, League City, Texas), May 2012, Volume 1, Number 4, page 7:

  And since pop music wasn't hard to handle for Ms. Minaj, she gave her barbz and ken barbz three ballads: “Marilyn Monroe,” “Young Forever,” and “Fire Burns.”

• 2012, Blitz Weekly, 25 July 2012 - 31 July 2012, Volume 4, Issue 46, page 8:

  Nicki and her legion of Barbz will be one of the biggest shows of the year in DFW.

• 2012, "Forward Line", Inpress, Issue 1235, August 2012, page 14:

  Minaj is thrilled to be returning to her legion of Aussie Barbz this October in a brand new full-scale arena show.

• 2012, "The year in music", Fast Forward Weekly, 27 December 2012:

  I’m not a Barb, but Nicki Minaj totally made me do a 180 on the whole hating-her-songs-and-general-vibe thing I had going on when I went to review her in concert.

• 2012 December 30, Yusra Farzan, “Nicki spreads the love in Dubai”, in Gulf News‎^[1]:

  She got her Barbs (what she fondly calls her female fans) singing to ‘Bottoms Up’ next.

• 2013, Ashley Rae Harris, Nicki Minaj: Rapper & Fashion Star, ABDO, →ISBN, page 76:

  Minaj fully embraces her Barbs—especially the young female ones—and encourages them to experiment and to be anything they want.

• 2013, "Mariah talks about Idol feud", Postnoon, 9 January 2013, page 28:

  Lambs and Barbz, remain calm, but Mariah Carey is once again talking about her infamous feud with Nicki Minaj.

• 2013, Oscar Lee, "Blurred Lines", The Highland Fling (Highland Park High School, Highland Park, New Jersey), December 2013, page 14:

  I like Nicki Minaj. And while I wouldn't put myself in the same legion as most of Nicki's Barbz, I do quite enjoy “Super Bass.”

• 2014, Melanie J. Sims, Rise of an Empire review, Big In Da Street Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 9, March/April 2014, page 22:

  The song [“Lookin Ass”] pleased Minaj's Barbz, but the colorful rapper drew heavy criticism when she used a photo of Malcom^[sic] X with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposing it with a racial slur for the track's artwork.

• 2017, Anne Helen Petersen, quoting Chuck Creekmur, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman, Plume, →ISBN, page 74:

  I’m sure you know the influence you wield, but now, if you told the “Barbs” [Nicki’s name for her fans] to scratch my eyes out, some would attack without thinking about it.

• 2019 September 13, Tia Berger, “‘She Got Jumped’: Erica Mena Confronted by Nicki Minaj’s Barbs, Leaving the Internet in Shambles”, in Atlanta Black Star‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 September 2019:

  Television personality Erica Mena came face-to-face with Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Barbs” this week, and it wasn’t too pretty, to say the least. For those who don’t remember, the “Love and Hip Hop” star made some pretty shady remarks about the “Queen” MC earlier this year, and the Barbs weren’t too happy about it.

• 2021 September 16, David Oliver, “‘Stan’ culture can prompt star worship at its worst”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 119, number 68, page 3H:

  Barbs say “bottoms up” to anything Nicki Minaj.