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gonnabes

gonnabes is the plural of gonnabe.

Meaning of gonnabe

Noun

gonnabe (plural gonnabes)

  1. (informal) One who is on the path to becoming famous or important.
    • 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; […]2006, Linda Alice Dewey, “Acknowledgements”, in Aaron’s Crossing: An Inspiring True Ghost Story, Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 206

Questions about gonnabes

What is gonnabes the plural of?
Gonnabes is the plural of gonnabe.

Words near gonnabes in the dictionary

  1. gonks out
  2. Gonn
  3. Gonn Crossing
  4. gonna
  5. gonnabe
  6. gonnabes
  7. gonnardite
  8. gonnardites
  9. gonnegtion
  10. gonnegtions
  11. Gonnella

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