groupie

[ groo-pee ]

noun

, Informal.

1. a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
2. an ardent fan of a celebrity or of a particular activity:

   a tennis groupie.

groupie

/ ˈɡruːpɪ /

noun

1. an ardent fan of a celebrity, esp a pop star: originally, often a girl who followed the members of a pop group on tour in order to have sexual relations with them
2. an enthusiastic follower of some activity

   a political groupie

Word History and Origins

Origin of groupie¹

First recorded in 1965–70; group + -ie

Example Sentences

The whole enterprise — an anonymous creator intermittently dropping gifts of spine-tingling campfire tales onto a select band of groupies — feels like a one-man underground subculture.

From Vox

He’s watched awful Shaq movies and long lines of hotel lobby groupies.

From FiveThirtyEight

What kind of groupie FYIs does the NBA provide during rookie orientation?

From The Daily Beast

“He was like a Christie groupie,” says the official, who asks not to be named.

From The Daily Beast

Johnny Depp: Only thirteen years old, Depp lost his virginity to a groupie.

From The Daily Beast

In the hypnotizing 15-second clip, a groupie filmed Bieber sleeping on a large striped day bed.

From The Daily Beast

A 15-second video of Bieber asleep was posted by a female groupie in Brazil.

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• admirer
• buff
• devotee