Meanings
plural junglists
- entertainmentA dedicated listener to jungle or drum and bass music.
In the drum n bass club, everyone was part of the ‘junglist massive’.
2021, Anita Rani, The Right Sort of Girl, →ISBN2 more examples
The first thing to do to better attract the, er, junglist massive was to speed up the 4/4 disco-ish tempo — which meant the vocals either had to come off or be stretched — and then start building on the bassline.
2013, Lloyd Bradley, “Who Needs a Record Company?”, in Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital, →ISBN, page 363The problem with things that go very fast is that they tend to be a bit scary, a bit alienating, and sometimes a bit dangerous. […]. Jungle was no exception, drawing huge appeal from the junglist massive, but pushing many other ravers off the dancefloor in search of something, well, a bit slower.
2018, Jeffrey Boakye, Hold Tight, →ISBN
Origin
- Sanskritजङ्गल (jaṅgala)
- Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala)
- Hindiजंगल (jaṅgal)
- Sauraseni Prakrit𑀚𑀁𑀕𑀮 (jaṃgala)
- Urduجَن٘گَل (jaṅgal)
- Englishjungle
- Englishjunglist
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Cite this entry
junglist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junglist
“junglist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junglist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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