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media whores

media whores is the plural of media whore.

Meaning of media whore

Noun

media whore (plural media whores)

  1. (derogatory) A person who attempts to transfer or transfers from one entertainment industry to another based only on prior popularity and not necessarily legitimate talent.
  2. (derogatory) A person who craves media attention; someone who will apparently attempt anything to remain in the media spotlight.
    • Standing there in the car park with Prasanth’s camera trained on me and Dan, be-headphoned and with a microphone pointing at Chris, I was just having a minor media whore moment – of the kind you’d expect to see if you teleported a film crew of Channel 4 gits to the centre of somewhere that really...2008, Dan Kieran, Ian Vince, Three Men in a Float: Across England at 15 mph, John Murray, published 2009, →ISBN, pages 145 and 244

Questions about media whores

What is media whores the plural of?
Media whores is the plural of media whore.

Words near media whores in the dictionary

  1. media stunt
  2. media stunts
  3. media wasp
  4. media wasps
  5. media whore
  6. media whores
  7. media-historical
  8. media-savvy
  9. mediacentric
  10. mediacid
  11. mediacies

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