groupie
Americannoun
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groupies
plural
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a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
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an ardent fan of a celebrity or of a particular activity.
a tennis groupie.
noun
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an ardent fan of a celebrity, esp a pop star: originally, often a girl who followed the members of a pop group on tour in order to have sexual relations with them
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an enthusiastic follower of some activity
a political groupie
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Origin of groupie
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Enter Dennis France, a runty cop groupie who had befriended Leasure at a Pomona gun show and liked to go on ride alongs with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
There he stood, center aisle, wearing a suit and a bright orange tie, trying to position himself to shake as many hands as possible, as if he were a solitary political groupie.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023
He wrote, “The reason I stay winning is because I’m relentless about being the absolute best at whatever I do — including being the best groupie for my wife & daughter.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
There’s a single female Pacific Tech student; the other women who appear are a genius groupie, student beauticians the male geniuses hit on, and a college administrator.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2022
I invented a secret admirer for Cap named Lorelei Lumley, a seventh grade student-government groupie, who slipped perfumed love notes through the vents of his locker.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
These weren’t groupies or hangers-on, they were friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024
“People in our hotel are here just for the eclipse, which is kind of neat. Space groupies, I guess. I’ve never experienced one, so I’m looking forward to it.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Mr. Vecchi said it is common for criminology students to become fascinated by certain crimes or even become groupies for serial killers.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
Mr Kelly's defence portrayed the women as "groupies" and jilted lovers, who were seeking revenge after falling out of favour with the star.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2021
After I’d played for about ten minutes, it came to me: My aversion to Adam’s shows had nothing to do with music or groupies or envy.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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