groupie
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groupie¹
- /ˈɡɹuːpi/
Sounds like groupy · Rhymes with -uːpi
Where it comes from
From group + -ie (“person associated”). In the fan sense, from 1967.
noun groupies
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A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group, who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity; usually with a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.
In mainstream rock youth culture, female fans had only submissive roles in the consumption of rock music: they could be teenyboppers, and when they grew older, groupies, with the groupie role providing a real-life extension of the sexualized hero worship of the teenybopper.
Similar: band aid, band chick, band moll, band rat, snuff queen, starfucker
- Any dedicated fan of something. A bit of an eclipse groupie, he had paid the thirty guineas fee to join the BAA's first expedition, to Norway, in 1896.
- A group captain. In traditional military fashion our "Groupie" (group captain) called us to attention, exchanged salutes with his German opposite number, then handed the parade over to him.
groupie²
- /ˈɡɹuːpi/
Sounds like groupy · Rhymes with -uːpi
Where it comes from
From group + -ie (“photograph”), by analogy with selfie, 2010s.
noun groupies
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A group photo including the photographer; a group self-portrait.
Similar: ussie
Translations
Talk about this word "groupie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/groupie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. groupie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/groupie "groupie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/groupie.Cite this
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title = {groupie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/groupie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
