Meanings
plural Eminems
- colloquialA talented rapper, on the same level as the rapper Eminem.
Rocky was no Eminem.
2015, Narinder Dhami, Bhangra Babes, →ISBN4 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 2In 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 56This 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, →ISBNAll 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
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Eminem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eminem
“Eminem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eminem. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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