upcomer

Etymology

From upcome + -er.

upcomer means eggcorn of up-and-comer. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

Eggcorn of up-and-comer.“Australian upcomer Levi Miller is an extremely likable lead as young Peter, but he has his work cut out for him breathing character into a drama whose primary agents include Rooney Mara’s controversially Caucasian Tiger Lily and Garrett Hedlund’s blandly hunky James Hook.”