Eminem

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/ɛmɪˈnɛm/

noun

A talented rapper, on the same level as the rapper Eminem.

CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounEminem (plural Eminems)

plural Eminems

  1. colloquialA talented rapper, on the same level as the rapper Eminem.

    Rocky was no Eminem.

    2015, Narinder Dhami, Bhangra Babes, →ISBN
    4 more examples

    Of her husband, now a successful attorney, she says: "He's no Eminem, but he's not a buck-toothed, tractor-driving white boy either. He's a cool, worldly dude.

    2002 February, Hyun Kim, “Head of the Class”, in Vibe, volume 10, number 2

    In an early song that did not end up on his album, I Don't Know, he responded to critics who compared him to the white rapper Eminem. I'm no Eminem / but I'm not wack either / The only reason you compare me to him / Is because I'm not black either.

    2007, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu, Mimi Thi Nguyen, Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America, →ISBN, page 56

    This is the entry point for all the Eminems, and for all the Eminems to come

    2011, Morris Berman, Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline, →ISBN

    All I know is: I'm no Eminem, and I want nothing to do with a cypher, even though all of these guys (and one chick) are looking at me expectantly like, Why wouldn't dude want to join in?

    2016, Allison Glock-Cooper, T. Cooper, Changers, Book Two: Oryon, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“Eminem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eminem. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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