velcroid

English

Etymology

From Velcro +‎ -oid, from the idea that such a person clings to another as if with Velcro.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

velcroid (plural velcroids)

1. (slang) One who stays physically near to an influential person, especially in an effort to increase their own media exposure.
   • 1993, Jack McKinney, Hostile Takeover, Del Rey, →ISBN:

     She'd no sooner compliantly strapped herself into an out-of-the-way plush chair than Takuma Tanabe and an entourage of staff velcroids entered.

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Anagrams

• coverlid