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groupie|ˈgruːpɪ|
1. R.A.F. slang. Short for group captain (group n. 6).
1943in C. H. Ward-Jackson Piece of Cake 35. 1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock iv. 74 ‘Oh sergeant, don't leave us for a moment,’ said Groupie acidly. 1966Listener 21 Apr. 589/3 There is a horrible Cyclops of a groupie. 1968I. Lambot Queen dies First xii. 84 Groupie's a devil for the girls.
2. Also groupy. [group n. 3 f.] (See quots. 1967 and 1970.)
1967Sun 22 Feb. 6/6 (Teenage terms) Groupy, a girl who follows the pop groups. 1969Examiner (San Francisco) 29 Jan. 39 ‘The Groupies’—girls who chase boys in the rock groups—are now getting so way out in their adulation that the whole mess warrants a federal investigation. 1969Private Eye 10 Oct. 2/1 (Advt.), Read the sensational story, in her own words, of Katie a nineteen-year-old Groupie, as she ‘pulls’ from pop group to pop group. 1970Times 15 Sept. 5/3 His defence described the sisters as ‘groupies’, girls who deliberately provoke sexual relations with pop stars. |