Groupie

Quick meaning: Groupie is a noun meaning (by extension, informal) Any dedicated fan of something.

Meaning

(by extension, informal) Any dedicated fan of something.

More Meanings

1. (military, slang) A group captain.
2. A group photo including the photographer; a group self-portrait.
3. A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group; a person who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity, usually a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.

Example Sentences

A bit of an eclipse groupie, he had paid the thirty guineas fee to join the BAA's first expedition, to Norway, in 1896.

In traditional military fashion our "Groupie" (group captain) called us to attention, exchanged salutes with his German opposite number, then handed the parade over to him.

In mainstream rock youth culture, female fans had only submissive roles in the consumption of rock music: they could be teenyboppers, and when they grew older, groupies, with the groupie role providing a real-life extension of the sexualized hero worship of the teenybopper.

The groupie experience from what I′ve seen is quite similar to the experiences I′ve had as the “fat girl,” who had the good looking guy give her attention behind closed doors but never had the opportunity to be the gal on his arm, and it is that emotional integrity I brought to the book.

Word Forms

• groupies

Synonyms for groupie

Depending on context, synonyms include band aid, starfucker, ussie.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disappeared, missing, fan, grouper, rockhead, newsgroupie.

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