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wannabe

[ won-uh-bee, waw-nuh ]

noun

Informal.
plural wannabes.
  1. one who aspires, often vainly, to emulate another's success or attain eminence in some area.


wannabe

/ ˈɒəˌː /

noun

  1. informal.
    1. a person who desires to be, or be like, someone or something else

      a group of Marilyn Monroe wannabes

    2. ( as modifier )

      a wannabe film star

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wannabe1

First recorded in 1980–85; derivative of (I) wanna be…
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wannabe1

C20: phonetic shortening of want to be
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Despite the differences, the effrontery of a U.S. president mocking their relative weakness and implying that they’re all just a bunch of wannabe Americans brought them quickly together.

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Bong’s shrewd portrait of a wannabe dictator is even more chilling when you consider that Kenneth’s violent narcissism is relevant regardless of whether or not Trump is in office.

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The company of performers assembled to perform this hoary property consists of has-beens, wannabes, klutzes and martyred veterans.

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Kaitlyn Dever — doing an astonishingly convincing Australian accent — stars as Belle, playing the wannabe guru as a lonely but conniving young woman who uses lies to evoke sympathy.

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This, of course, cannot give the legitimacy to be unconstitutional and a wannabe dictator and yet he tries.

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