Mansonite

English

Etymology

From Manson +‎ -ite.

Noun

Mansonite (plural Mansonites)

1. A follower of Charles Manson (born 1934), American leader of a cult-like criminal group in the 1960s.
   • 1977, Alexander Walker, Double takes: notes and afterthoughts on the movies, 1956-76:

     The glib interpretations offered — the Mansonites were all people with grudges against society: he had, like Hitler, an incomplete personality […]

2. A fan of controversial American rock musician Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner, born 1969).
   • 1994 September, SPIN, volume 10, number 6:

     Today's wet-behind-the-ears Mansonites are fueled by the spirit of betrayal, the sense that somewhere along the line the Woodstock generation copped out.

   • 2004, DJ Brian UK, “The Darkness”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.oldschool (Usenet):

     When they first started, they wanted to trick all the goths, mansonites, ebmers, darkwavers etc etc into coming to their shows, therefore chose the name to confuse them, so they could unleash their "RAWK" assault of insanely high falsetto vocals, kickass guitar solos and mind bogglingly catchy songs about girls, love and sex.

   • 2006, Bhesham R. Sharma, The death of art:

     By the end, she has become a Mansonite Goth.

   • 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture:

     For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's.

Anagrams

• Minnesota, antimeson, antinomes, mannitose, nominates