Not a groupie
Sunday, September 03, 2006
so i leave a casual tag on ray's blog... also commenting that i sounded a little groupie... He advises me to check the meaning of the word...Dictionary.Com turns up:
group‧ie [groo-pee]
pi–noun Informal.
| 1. | a young person, esp. a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour. |
Wikipedia turns up:
A groupie is a person who, while she/he may be a fan on some level, seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a famous person.
Female groupies in particular are known for a long-standing tradition of being available for, and willing to have, sexual intercourse with celebrities, rock stars, professional athletes, politicians, and other public figures regardless of the fact that the objects of their obsession may already be married with children, or otherwise already in a committed relationship.
Some groupie fantasies go so far as to create an imaginary world wherein they would be the replacements for their targets’ primary relationships (marrying them, or at least becoming their "road wife"), with some making themselves available to any famous celebrity (any rock band that rolls into town), while others focus closely on one particular target (and becoming a "regular").
And quoting from Almost Famous - Groupies sleep with rock stars because they want to be near somebody famous.
eeks!!! I'm never using this word ever again...
