joyridern.
/ˈdʒɔɪrʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɔɪˌraɪdər/ 1. Originally U.S. colloquial. A person who takes a vehicle for a joyride (now chiefly in sense 2 of the noun).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > joy-rider
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1906 Buffalo (N.Y.) Commerc. 3 Aug. (Last ed.) 6/4 There is a third division of the ‘joy riders’. These are the would-be buyers, who want a ride to see how they like your car.
1908 W. S. Blunt Diary 5 Aug. (1920) II. 217 The intermittent roar of holiday motors passing in quick succession outside.., joy-riders..light-hearted Londoner folk concerned with nothing but their own pleasure.
1972 G. Lucas et al. Amer. Graffiti (film script) 85 Terry. I gotta find it. That car's my whole life... Chuck. Hopeful it'll be just a couple of joy-riders and you'll find it somewhere in the morning.
2021 Sc. Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 21 Mar. 44 A joyrider caused several crashes during three separate episodes of dangerous driving just weeks after he turned 15.
2. Kenyan English.
a. In political contexts: a fringe candidate in an election who has little or no chance of winning.
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1987 Viva Oct. 21/2 It [sc. queue voting]..would also presumably discourage unpopular candidates or joyriders from participating and wasting everybody's time.
2011 Nation (Nairobi) (Nexis) 3 June Overall attaining the 50+1 vote requirement to win is a herculean task for any candidate, let alone joy-riders.
b. A person who partakes of or benefits from something without being entitled to it or giving anything in return; a freeloader, a hanger-on.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite
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1990 O. Owiti Rights Employee in Kenya iv. 47 Those who enjoy benefits but are not [union] members are called ‘joy-riders’. They ‘ride’ on the ‘joys’ but do not join the union to fight for them.
2019 Daily Nation (Kenya) (Nexis) 10 Aug. While a few of the Kenyan delegates were invited to the conference..for being in the technical and steering committee.., most of the members of the delegation were joyriders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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