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Madonnabe

Madonnabe noun: a person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).

Noun

Madonnabe (plural Madonnabes)

  1. (informal) A person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
    • After Pat Benatar made room on MTV for the far-more-calculated Madonna and her younger Madonnabes, the rest of the freaks and geeks vanished too, and so did I in a way.2000 April, Sara Sherr, “Pat Benatar”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 80, page 94
    • Two retro Madonnabes in black bras and lace panty girdles walked by, snapping their gum and playing with their costume-jewelry necklaces.2007, Richard B. Schwartz, Proof of Purchase (A Jack Grant Mystery), Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 124

Forms of Madonnabe

pluralMadonnabes
alternative formMadonna-be

Origin of Madonnabe

Blend of Madonna + wannabe.

Questions about Madonnabe

What does Madonnabe mean?
Madonnabe means a person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
What part of speech is Madonnabe?
Madonnabe is a noun.
What is the plural of Madonnabe?
The plural of Madonnabe is Madonnabes.

Words near Madonnabe in the dictionary

  1. madonna-like
  2. Madonna-whore complex
  3. Madonna-whore complexes
  4. Madonna/whore complex
  5. Madonna/whore complexes
  6. Madonnabe
  7. Madonnabes
  8. Madonnaesque
  9. Madonnahood
  10. Madonnaish
  11. madonnalike

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