Mini-Me
- a person who resembles a smaller or younger version of another person
- a person who adopts the opinions or mannerisms of a more powerful or senior person in order to win favour, achieve promotion, etc
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Word Origin
C20: after a character in the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Contemporary Examples
“The Mini-Me Craze” has initiated a new generation of Suri Cruise copy-cats who all want to wear high heels.
Harry, how do you feel about Penny P., who makes Mitt look like her mini-me?
He says he wouldn't fight them on it, though he also doesn't seem eager to turn either of them into mini-me's of himself.