Durannie

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noun

A fan of the English rock band Duran Duran.

Scrabble 9

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nounDurannie (plural Durannies)

plural Durannies

  1. slangA fan of the English rock band Duran Duran.

    I was a Durannie and I had you on the inside of my bedroom door, didn't I, Simon?

    2009, Caitlin Davies, Friends Like Us, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 42
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    These followers of Duran Duran's contemporaries, Japan, regarded themselves as being the intellectual superiors of Durannies and formed the more dignified-sounding Japan Appreciation Society.

    1990, Punch, volume 299, page 55

    It's been more than a decade since they've been considered teen idols, but Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon and ex-bass player John Taylor were still able to inspire hysteria from a packed audience of aging Durannies during a one-off semi-reunion at Manhattan nightspot Joe's Pub in November.

    2000 February, Spin, page 32

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APA

Durannie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Durannie

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Durannie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Durannie.

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