Etymology

Numanoid

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Today it means: A fan of the English synthpop musician Gary Numan (born 1958). Full definition →

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The story

From Numan + -oid, to rhyme with humanoid. Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb) chose his stage name from the Yellow Pages telephone directory, basing it on Neumann.

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