fiending
n.— «“People are fiending for real R&B again,” he says. “All the sampling has brought people’s minds and ears back to real music.”» —“LaBelle ringing” by Gail Mitchell Billboard (U.S.) Sept. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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