Mansonite

English

Etymology

Manson +‎ -ite

Noun

Mansonite (plural Mansonites)

1. A follower of Charles Manson (born 1934), American leader of a cult-like criminal group in the 1960s.
   • 1977, Alexander Walker, Double takes: notes and afterthoughts on the movies, 1956-76:

     The glib interpretations offered — the Mansonites were all people with grudges against society: he had, like Hitler, an incomplete personality […]

2. A fan of controversial American rock musician Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner, born 1969).
   • 1994 September, SPIN, volume 10, number 6:

     Today's wet-behind-the-ears Mansonites are fueled by the spirit of betrayal, the sense that somewhere along the line the Woodstock generation copped out.

   • 2006, Bhesham R. Sharma, The death of art:

     By the end, she has become a Mansonite Goth.

   • 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture:

     For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's.

Anagrams

• Minnesota, antimeson, antinomes, mannitose, nominates