collab

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of collaboration. Clipping of collaborate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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collab (plural collabs)

  1. (informal) A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.
    • 2012 February 22, Caroline Sullivan, “Musicians, stop collaborating please!”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In one small way, Madonna's current single, Give Me All Your Luvin', marks the end of an era. It's the last time for the foreseeable future that Nicki Minaj, who guest-raps on it, intends to collaborate with another artist. "I'm done with the collabs," she said last year. "No more collabs for the next two years."
    • 2023 August 14, Brandon Lyttle, “Hololive group UMISEA releases new single Ocean Wave Party☆Live”, in Niche Gamer[2], archived from the original on September 26, 2023:
      UMISEA is a subunit in Hololive featuring idols with nautical themes. The group debuted in 2021 as the first JP+EN collab subunit. Chloe was added to the roster after holox debuted.

Verb

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collab (third-person singular simple present collabs, present participle collabing or collabbing, simple past and past participle collabed or collabbed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To collaborate.