Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal One, such as a studio or producer, that is unaffiliated with a larger or more commercial organization.
- n. Informal An artistic work produced by an independent company or group: "[His film] showed that indies could . . . take in millions at the box office” ( Liesl Schillinger).
- adj. Of, relating to, or being an indie: an album of indie rock; an indie film company.
Wiktionary
- adj. any form of popular culture (such as pop music from a group not signed to a major label) from outside the mainstream
- adj. a type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company
- n. a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
- n. an independent film company not associated with an established studio
Etymologies
- From independent, by shortening (Wiktionary)
- ind(ependent) + -y1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“There's folky indie, there's metaly indie, dancey indie, there's indie-schmindie, jingly-jangly bumhead indie, punky-indie, singer-songwritery indie* ... and even those descriptions are inherantly lacking in proper decriptive terms.”
“Today, the reasons for DIY publishing I resist the term "indie," for independent publishers are not the same as self-publishers are myriad.”
The Huffington Post: Red Room: Sherry Jones: Self-Publishing: The Elephant in the Room
“Though as Richard Nash suggests, we're all indie now (except the big guys), so even the term indie doesn't mean much:”
“The term indie rock, like the word "blog," is too cozy for comfort.”
“A peek at the back lot for "Cloud Atlas" testifies to the need for a budget that defies the term "indie.”
“The style they favor is what they call indie rock, an apt enough designation for the sweet, moody songs they perform together, which would not sound out of place on the soundtrack of a movie at the Sundance Film Festival.”
“Anyway, I guess that just goes to show that the question of "indie" is universal through all modern artistic mediums.”
“According to Wikipedia, the term "indie" is generally defined as being "independent from mainstream" - a subculture of non-conformity, avant-garde (novels/experimental), and not a small amount of elitism.”
“Underground, progressive and indie is the only thing happening.”
“Audiences will be seeing more of the 25-year-old later this year in indie drama Girlfriend.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘indie’.
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music genre
list of music genres - anything. even the most obscure sub-genres of sub-genres
twee pop, indie, shoegaze, doo-wop, punk, rock, jazz, pop, classical, hard rock, emo, goth and 190 more...
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Musikgenres
indietronic, shoegaze, antifolk, freak-folk, dance punk, dubstep, indie, electro, house, minimalist, underground, drum'n'base and 74 more...
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logos's list
A poor pathetic thing, but mine own.
invidious, lugubriousness, vilify, noisome, synastry, front and center, declension, conjugation, regnal, diphthong, circumlocution, bishopric and 141 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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AbraxasZugzwang's Words
atavism, abraxas, sisyphean, frust, fetus-in-fetu, arhythmically, queef, epidemiology, abecedarian, troglodyte, chiaroscuro, philology and 631 more...
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elizacole's Words
isomorphic, endemic, tmesis, fillip, antedate, avoirdupois, jeremiad, hypnagogic, antediluvian, fuck, reification, raconteur and 251 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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musicality
words about things I love about music
indie, jamming, busking, street musician, gypsy, folk, noise, baroque-pop, lyricism, freak folk, washboard, orchestral and 17 more...
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ophelia919's Words
unilateral, theorize, ravenous, salacious, lecherous, rudimentary, unnoticed, triskaidekaphobia, vertigo, indie, cockered, foiled and 4 more...
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the opposite of sympathy
words I dislike, rationally or not.
money, paddy, goo, shout, forte, nihilistic, emo, indie, blubber, pathetic, proem, blithe and 17 more...
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OrbitalCombustion's Words
nepenthe, phrontistery, peregrination, pervicacious, sinistrality, phallogocentric, prolixity, leptokurtic, ineffable, haecceity, lucubration, vicissitudes and 1026 more...
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likes
biro, woozy, nevertheless, hearken, delectable, efficacious, lovely, if, interstellar, quibble, plush, oodles and 12 more...
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Listless
My first Wordie list
nothingist, nowheresville, alienation, whippersnapper, facebooked, blog, blogger, blogist, nihilism, annihilation, indie, film and 42 more...
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michaelnewman's Words
shenanigans, affordances, machinima, bedraggled, fancy-pants, meme, felliniesque, planimetric, macerate, whip pan, videoblog, deposition and 56 more...
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emakarumbo's Words
sic transit glori..., cadence, rhythmic, polyhymnia, resolute, indie, via, chiaroscuro
Tweets
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