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velcroid

velcroid noun: one who stays physically near to an influential person, especially in an effort to increase their own media exposure.

Noun

velcroid (plural velcroids)

  1. (slang) One who stays physically near to an influential person, especially in an effort to increase their own media exposure.
    • She'd no sooner compliantly strapped herself into an out-of-the-way plush chair than Takuma Tanabe and an entourage of staff velcroids entered.1993, Jack McKinney, Hostile Takeover, Del Rey, →ISBN

Forms of velcroid

pluralvelcroids

Origin of velcroid

From Velcro + -oid, from the idea that such a person clings to another as if with Velcro.

Questions about velcroid

What does velcroid mean?
Velcroid means one who stays physically near to an influential person, especially in an effort to increase their own media exposure.
What part of speech is velcroid?
Velcroid is a noun.
What is the plural of velcroid?
The plural of velcroid is velcroids.

Words near velcroid in the dictionary

  1. Velcro child
  2. Velcro dog
  3. Velcro dogs
  4. velcro plant
  5. velcroed
  6. velcroid
  7. velcroids
  8. velcroing
  9. velcros
  10. VELCT
  11. veld

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