Definitions
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- noun One who stays
physically near to aninfluential person, especially in an effort to increase their ownmedia 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
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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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