mainliner

English

Etymology

mainline +‎ -er

Noun

mainliner (plural mainliners)

  1. A member of the mainstream.
    • 1990, Elizabeth B. Lee, Sociology For People: A Caring Profession, page 110:
      […] discusses those who belong to the discipline's dominant cults, the mainliners, and their relations with the marginals and mavericks.
    • 2017, Shulamit Reinharz, On Becoming a Social Scientist:
      Mainliners view sociology as a profession or occupation, and marginals are antisociologists and unsociologists.
  2. Someone who mainlines (injects drugs directly into their veins).

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