Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who aspires to a role or position.
- noun One who imitates the behavior, customs, or dress of an admired person or group.
- noun A product designed to imitate the qualities or characteristics of something.
- adjective Wishing or aspiring to be; would-be.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who wishes to be or do something, but lacks the
qualifications ortalent ; anovereager amateur ; anaspirant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ambitious and aspiring young person
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The reason for using the term wannabe "alot" is because these mom & pop places "want to be" pixar and dreamworks.
Whoops Steve Hulett 2008
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Even the hardest Barack followers are starting to see that this wannabe is all STYLE and no SUBSTANCE!!!!!
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That friends...is what you call a wannabe pundit leaving themselves open to claim having gotten it right.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mark Blumenthal 2012
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First Deputy Superintendent Al Wysinger, the department's No. 2 official, who attended the meeting, blamed the recent violence on a dispute between what he described as wannabe gangs - Young Money and 46 Terror Town.
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Another pudgy idiot tough-guy wannabe from the Right Wing Keyboard Brigade.
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Another pudgy idiot tough-guy wannabe from the Right Wing Keyboard Brigade.
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This Lost-wannabe is starting to lose its way (and its viewers) as itmeanders through tepid subplots
16 « October « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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This Lost-wannabe is starting to lose its way (and its viewers) as itmeanders through tepid subplots
October « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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This Lost-wannabe is starting to lose its way (and its viewers) as itmeanders through tepid subplots
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And if you ever saw me cast a fly rod you'd know what a wannabe is ...
The Abel-Madoff Dish from the Drake Tim Romano 2008
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