英语词汇groupie的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	groupie
词源	groupie. Originally describing a very young girl who fol- lowed rock ’n’ roll groups on concert tours, worshipping them in an idolatrous fashion, this word has since the early 1960s come to mean a young woman who makes herself available for sexual intercourse with a member of a rock group or other ce- lebrity. A groupie can also be a young girl constantly on the make. The groupie’s counterpart in sports is sometimes called a bimbo.
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