Gonnabe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡənəbi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gonnabe is a noun meaning (informal) One who is on the path to becoming famous or important.
Meaning
(informal) One who is on the path to becoming famous or important.
Example Sentences
'So you're a wannabe?' / 'Hopefully, a gonnabe.'
I attribute any success I have to the following educators in my life: New York agent Jim Cypher […] early on taught me that the difference between “wannabes” and “gonnabes” is persistence; […]
It is doubtful you could instruct Babe Ruth into being a home run king or Usain Bolt into world’s fastest human. They just have something. You can throw money at a wannabe but that won’t make him a gonnabe.
Alkaline Trio, New Found Glory, Coheed and Cambria, the Starting Line: all have struggled to meet high expectations, and maybe some of them were relieved to be playing this summer’s Warped Tour, nestled among the wannabes and gonnabes.
Word Forms
- gonnabes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rockstar, glow-up, great, phenom, noteworthy, biggy.
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