Definitions

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  • noun One who stays physically near to an influential person, especially in an effort to increase their own media exposure.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • Hence, should you be attacked by a curry muncher or velcroid, whip out a nude picture of the species in question an you will notice that they pass out straight away from lack of blood to the cerebellum ...

    Muti 2008

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