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Madonnabe en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of Madonna + wannabe.

Meanings

1. (informal) A person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
   • No one would accuse the “Madonnabes” – the women who copied the pop star – of being demure. 2013 April 14, Jacqueline Cutler, “The ’80’s: The Decade That Made Us”, in TVWeek (The Miami Herald), page 46TV:
   • After Pat Benatar made room on MTV for the far-more-calculated Madonna and her younger Madonnabes, the rest of the freaks and geeks vanished too, and so did I in a way. 2000 April, Sara Sherr, “Pat Benatar”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 80, page 94:
   • Two retro Madonnabes in black bras and lace panty girdles walked by, snapping their gum and playing with their costume-jewelry necklaces. 2007, Richard B. Schwartz, Proof of Purchase (A Jack Grant Mystery), Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 124:

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