groupie

groupie

1. slang Someone who pursues a celebrity or performer, most often a musician or member of a band, typically by following their performance tour, in order to gain intimate access to them, and especially to pursue a sexual relationship or encounter. The term was originally applied primarily to women who pursued rock musicians in such a way. Aunt Ida was a groupie for Grand Funk Railroad in the '70s? Are you for real?
2. slang By extension, a passionate fan of someone or something. I'm a real groupie of that author, so of course I'm going to her reading tomorrow night.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

groupie

n. a young woman who follows a band seeking romance with the band members. Would you believe that Sally was a groupie when she was nineteen?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • skirt chaser
  • accompany (one) with (some instrument)
  • accompany with
  • bring (someone) back out
  • bring back out
  • one-hit wonder
  • hiss
  • hiss (someone) off (the stage)
  • hiss off
  • makeout artist
References in periodicals archive
Stage three on the groupie quest is to make yourself indispensable.
THE MIXED DOUBLES; A Wimbledon groupie's guide to courting your own tennis ace
cousins/homeboys that handle their business/money)," Official Groupie instructs.
BallerAlert.com - the guide to snare footie stars!
And she's not planning to retire from a career as a groupie anytime soon.
Confessions of a Rock muse; Pamela Des Barres' new book reveals the secrets of the world's most famous groupie
Another clip shows the 28-year-old enjoying the attentions of three young groupies on a tour bus.
The DVD that split Kate and me.. PETE DOHERTY EXCLUSIVE
Kelly, who is accused of running a years-long scheme sexually preying on women and girls, said on Wednesday that the charges against the R&B artist stemmed from disgruntled groupies.
R. Kelly lawyer calls alleged victims 'disgruntled groupies': court filing
The Richard and Adam Groupie Group was founded in February 2014 with 1,200 members as far as Australia, Japan and the USA.
WE'RE FANTASTIC FUNDRAISERS
Both Groupie Doll and Musical Romance are nominees for Female Sprinter of the Year.
Two More Barns Complete at Presque Isle Downs
Backstage at the Capital Jingle Bell Ball, The Wanted boys admitted band member Max was not dating Lindsay Lohan but said she was their "groupie".
The Wanted: 'Lindsay Lohan is our groupie'
Whether you're a Lily Allen fan, a David Bowie groupie or you swoon at the sight of Taylor Swift, there's something for everyone.
topgame
"There I was, the band groupie, watching him play."
THE BAND PLAYS ON FOR FORMER GREENHILL DIRECTOR
"I order early in the morning, and I get it the next day," says Slater independent casting company director who lives in Sherman Oaks California and describes herself as a "Little Pie groupie." "It tastes like you got it right out of the oven."
Sweet delivery: Little Pie Co. delivers its desserts with tender loving care
As for that "groupie" T-shirt, let's hope she gets one better than old pasty-face.
RADAR: Moss's style Peters out
It's almost 20 years since legendary groupie Pamela Des Barres, nAe Miller, aka Miss Pamela, wrote her "Confessions".
BOOKS : Discerning groupie turned author; I'm With The Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres, Helter Skelter Publishing, pounds 9.99. Reviewed by Caroline Foulkes
Compared with the BMW centre, Leipzig (AR June 2005) the building does not seem as impeccably well made--the concrete is uneven in places and there some slightly hamfisted junctions--yet it is still an impressive amuse bouche that whets the appetite for the Phaeno Sciences centre in Wolfsburg, while putting Ordrupgaard firmly on the architectural groupie map.
Zaha's zeitgeist
First--and most important--is his two-hander "Groupie," skedded for a February start at Kevin Spacey's Old Vic Theater as part of a continuing effort to find critical appeal to equal popular allure at the South Bank venue.
Nothing like a dame