clubland
English
Etymology
club + land
Noun
clubland (usually uncountable, plural clublands)
- The part of a city where nightclubs are located.
- (uncountable, collective) The world or scene of nightclubs and people who frequent them.
- 1999 October 30, Michael Paoletta, “Dance Market Improves, But Distribution Catch-22 Remains”, in Billboard, volume 111, number 44, page 45:
- However, while the sounds of clubland—house, electronica, Euro-nrg, trance, big beat, trip-hop, and neo-disco—have never been easier to locate, many independent dance labels are discovering that it's not always easy getting product into the retailer of one's choice.
- 2015 July 29, Alex Williams, “Former Club Kids Rally Around Stephen Saban, a Scribe of 1980s New York Culture”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- While the once-ubiquitous columnist eventually fled New York during Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s crackdown on debauchery and vice, clubland, it seems, never forgot his influence.
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