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  • noun Alternative form of wannabe.

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  • noun an ambitious and aspiring young person

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Examples

  • Please tell me that you're directly involved in the process, not a power plant "wannabee" like myself.

    Looking Back and Looking Forward - NASA Watch 2009

  • r u some kind of wannabee Disney princess or something??

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  • "wannabee" impersonations is not at all a matter of dispute to anyone of sound mind and a passing familiarity with Roman Catholicism.

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  • There is plenty of unfounded snobbery as well (Where the dead sergeant's wife becomes the general's widow) and wannabee poets, artists and the suchlike finding happiness in their reinventions.

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  • He had been instantly drawn to the ruggedly good-looking political wannabee with the big family pedigree and money, George W. Bush.

    Nigel Hamilton: Cry, the Beloved Country! Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • We also know well the restaurants to avoid, in particular the over-priced, under serviced wannabee high class eateries founded by gringos who charge North American prices for food that wants greater ambition than dispensing North American fare to the hungry, the humdrum and the unitiated.

    Good morning, Melaque: one day in a small Mexico beach town 2009

  • There is plenty of unfounded snobbery as well (Where the dead sergeant's wife becomes the general's widow) and wannabee poets, artists and the suchlike finding happiness in their reinventions.

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  • There is plenty of unfounded snobbery as well (Where the dead sergeant's wife becomes the general's widow) and wannabee poets, artists and the suchlike finding happiness in their reinventions.

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  • I was into punk music and there was this wannabee band from Ireland called U2.

    Dear John, I use to salivate over you. Love my teen aged, delusional self. xoxo « Bored Mommy 2010

  • Also, the first time I have seen a wannabee wear an unauthorized Good Conduct Medal.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

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  • Contraction from "want to be".

    July 6, 2009