wannabe
Meaning
- (attributive, derogatory, informal, often) Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.
- (derogatory, informal) Someone who wishes to be part of, or to assimilate to, a majority group of which they are not a member.
Translations
Möchtegern
crâneur
aspirante
Wilt zijn wannabe
pretendente jovem ambicioso aspirante a
candidatoFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɒnəbi/
Etymology
Written form of a reduction of want to be, analysable as wanna + be. Wannabe can be considered a conversion, category change, or functional shift. While occasionally appearing in print, usually as a less reduced phrase, the popularity of the word took off in the mid-1980s following the Madonna wannabe fashion trend: “wannabe”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer
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