Big name
Infamous
Infamous adjective - Not respectable.
Big name and infamous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Big name" instead an adjective "Infamous".
Nearby Words: infamy, infamously
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Miami. The residents of the South Florida metropolitan area are infamous for their embarrassing indifference to their teams, only being attracted to "big name" star players and showing up when their teams win games consistently rather than showing actual dedication to their teams.
Source: Butt Monkey / Sports - There was an infamous bit of Ship-to-Ship Combat in X Japan fandom that actually led to legal threats being made and a large swath of bandslash being deleted out of fear of the Big Name Fan making them.
Source: Ship To Ship Combat / Music
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