luvvie

British

/ ˈlʌvɪ /

noun

facetious a person who is involved in the acting profession or the theatre, esp one with a tendency to affectation

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Etymology

Origin of luvvie

C20: from _lovey

Example Sentences

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luvvie

The critics said: "Buckley is certainly no luvvie on leave. This is, at times, a dazzling album."

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2022

On the Tory right he is considered a metropolitan, louche, post-moral luvvie.

From Economist ● Nov. 26, 2015

Renowned for calling everyone he met "luvvie" and "darling", he confessed it wasn't flamboyance but that he was useless at remembering names.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2015

It sounded like the name of a luvvie lightweight – and Richard Attenborough, the brilliant stage and screen star, and director of the multi Oscar-winning Gandhi, was anything but that.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2014

In person he's affable, unassuming, full of opinions about acting on the contemporary screen but free of the cravat-fiddling airs of a luvvie.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2012

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