velcroid

English

Etymology

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

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 (1993), →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.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:velcroid.

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