Talk:Celebutante

Time for Wikipedia to grow up. Raise the standards of your entries by requiring proper English and grammar.

On the other hand I suggest the use of the new word "celebutard". It is a combination of celebrity and retard, which is closer to the truth for the individuals that you want to describe a "celebutantes". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.21.147 (talk) 00:47, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not in the Dictionary

It is not in the Oxford English Dictionary, if you do a search for it at the official Oxford English Dictionary site it is not listed there, when you search the dictionary for Celebutante it comes up with "Sorry, there were no results for your search." http://www.askoxford.com/dictionaries/?view=uk Although there is a reference to this, it is from a newspaper and this is not proof that it is true. Celebutante would never be in the Oxford English Dictionary as it is an Americanisum and a slang word.

I didn't know what this term meant, I'm in the UK, but the article answered my question. Yes it may need tidying up but I'm glad that it was here. How many other people have found it useful but haven't bothered to comment? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.191.13 (talk) 23:16, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I, personally, also found this article very helpful. This word will probably make it to the dictionary eventually anyway. Tarheelz123 (talk) 16:52, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merger Proposal

I move that we merge this article with the article "Developmental Disability." Pygmypony 05:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, the definition and links are fitting and informative. The word itself is was put in to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007. For reference the OED (Second Edition) and Compact OED (Second Edition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aruhnka (talk • contribs) 04:46, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Age Limits

A debutante is traditionally a young woman, just entering "society".

Suppose someone is pronounced a celebutante at age 20, and that they stay a celebrity for the next 40 or more years, when do they stop being a celebutante?

We need some kind of a cut-off age. If the term celebutante was in use when Elizabeth Taylor was twenty, she probably would have been called a celebutante. Would she still be one?

Wanderer57 (talk) 17:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. Eleven even (talk) 10:14, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. How about at age 40? 30? 25?

It seems to me 25 would be a reasonable upper limit for "celebutante". Wanderer57 (talk) 17:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

based on what exactly? This is a ridiculous, meritless and pointless article, suitible for deletion in any sane persons opinion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.237.129 (talk) 22:06, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]