groupie
Syllables: group·ie/ˈɡɹuːpi/
groupie noun: a fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group, who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity; usually with a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.
Noun (1)
groupie (plural groupies)
- A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group, who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity; usually with a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.
- 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.1999, Lauraine Leblanc, Pretty in Punk: Girl′s Gender Resistance in a Boy′s Subculture, published 2002, page 47
- Although Pamela Des Barres, rock′s most famous groupie, was passed around like a loose joint at a be-in, she maintains today, “There was no hierarchy. The groupies were not considered less than the musicians. We were muses.”2000 October, The 100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock, Spin, page 102
- Synonyms:
- band aid, band chick, band moll, band rat, snuff queen, starfucker
- Any dedicated fan of something.
- A bit of an eclipse groupie, he had paid the thirty guineas fee to join the BAA's first expedition, to Norway, in 1896.2019, S. James Gates Jr., Cathie Pelletier, Proving Einstein Right
- A group captain.
- 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.1995, John D. Harvie, Missing in Action: An RCAF Navigator's Story, page 136
Noun (2)
groupie (plural groupies)
- A group photo including the photographer; a group self-portrait.
- Synonyms:
- ussie
Examples of groupie in a sentence
- I'm not so sure I'd kill the groupies that he tags along.
- After twenty years in the NHL, he could identify a hockey groupie a mile away.
- The Metropolitan Community Church groupies there to hear Father Malcolm Boyd pulpitize his latest book.
Synonyms of groupie
- band aid
- band chick
- band moll
- band rat
- snuff queen
- starfucker
- ussie
Forms of groupie
| plural | groupies |
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Origin of groupie
From group + -ie (“person associated”). In the fan sense, from 1967.
From group + -ie (“photograph”), by analogy with selfie, 2010s.
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Questions about groupie
- What does groupie mean?
- Groupie means a fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group, who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity; usually with a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.
- What part of speech is groupie?
- Groupie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce groupie?
- Groupie is pronounced /ˈɡɹuːpi/.
- What is the plural of groupie?
- The plural of groupie is groupies.
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