Wannabe

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Wannabe (Mz .: wannabes ; also written wanna-be , wanna be , wannabee , wanna-bee , wannabie ) is an Anglicism that is often used derogatory for a wannabe. This is a person who tries to be like someone else or to fit into a certain group of people. Specialized, the term is used for people with physical identity disorder and a certain type of clinic eroticism .

etymology

Wannabe is a short form of want to be (" want to be ", but also "want to be" or "would like to"). It comes from US English and has since been adopted into other language varieties such as Australian English or British English . In dictionaries it is translated as wannabe , but it has only a mocking negative connotation.

By grinding, condensed pronunciation ( reduction ) from want to → wanna [ˈwʌnə] (Eng. “Will”). This notation has been used for a long time.

The summary wannabe , on the other hand, is relatively recent. The term can be traced for the first time in a Newsweek article from July 6, 1981, in which it is described that, after not too long, the beaches were populated by hordes of surfing novices. (“Before long the beaches were jammed with hordes of novices known as wannabees (as in, 'I wanna be a surfer').” It comes from the phrase “What do you want to be?” (“What would you like to be? ") which quickly spoken to" wannabe Whaddaya? "is. in Usenet , the term first appeared in 1986. From 1989, the use will come of the word common in the English-language press by. in 2002, the word was in the Oxford English Dictionary added .

The word Wannabe became known in numerous countries in 1996 through the Spice Girls' debut single of the same name . This is about the tips and conditions the girls give to a suitor and possibly future lover - a Wannabe (lover) - how they imagine certain things in the relationship.

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  2. ↑ The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English, 2008
  3. ↑ David Blair, Peter Collins: English in Australia , John Benjamin Publishing Company, 2001, ISBN 90-272-4884-2 , p. 154
  4. ^ Wannabe , leo.org
  5. ↑ " wannabe ", duden.de
  6. ↑ " Möchtegern- ", duden.de
  7. ↑ Note: in English called "relaxed pronunciation", "condensed pronunciation" or "word slurs"
  8. ↑ For example: New Plays in Manhattan , Time Magazine, September 17, 1928; for the premiere of the musical Good Boy , where I Wanna Be Loved by You is mentioned. (User registration required)
  9. ↑ David K.Barnhart, Allan A. Metcalf: America in So Many Words , Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997, at answers.com: Word Origin: wannabe , accessed March 20, 2008
  10. ^ Greg Skinner: Love-Hounds Digest , in mod.music, June 7, 1986. A forwarded description of a performance by the group Tuxedomoon ("and some Bowie wannabe" 'and some wannabe David Bowie ')
  11. ↑ turner from imagen.uucp: ARC for BSD4.2 (part 1 of 5) in net.sources, 4 August 1986. Comment in a program code ("MSDOS on an IBM PC or Wannabe", MS-DOS on an IBM PC or would-be (replica) ')
  12. ^ Warren Hoge: Oxford Journal; Latest Word: 'Klingons' In, 'Muggles' Not Quite , The New York Times, November 12, 2002