When an individual cheers for a team when they're in the playoffs, but doesn't actually watch the games, even when they get the low budget cable station the game is being televised on.
Example
What the bandwagon says happened: "Dude, that game last night was incredible! Boston totally outplayed Chicago! Go Bruins!!!"
What actually happened: The bandwagon watched a few minutes of the game and then fell asleep only to wake up the next morning, check their phone and find out that Boston won in overtime.
What the bandwagon says happened: "Dude, that game last night was incredible! Boston totally outplayed Chicago! Go Bruins!!!"
What actually happened: The bandwagon watched a few minutes of the game and then fell asleep only to wake up the next morning, check their phone and find out that Boston won in overtime.
by cad281 June 19, 2013
The act of eating a spicy buffalo wing out of a vagina and then having sex with it. Generally performed by sadistic couples that really like buffalo wings
Dude, I can't believe that the waitress at Buffalo Wild Wings let me Buffalo Bandwagon her! My dick still burns!
by Senor Dank Nugs March 10, 2018
someone who roots for the team lebron james is on but is not actually a fan they just like lebron and follow him because he is the best in the nba. They have no interest in the team just lebron James and often say they have been following him since highschool but they really didn't. They may say they liked Lebron as soon as he came in but really they only do cause they knew he was a sure thing. These fans are also really stubborn and will not admit they are a lebron bandwagon.
Hey whose your favorite team?
Miami Heat!
*lebron goes to cavaliers*
Whose your favorite team?
Of course the cavaliers I always liked them.
Wow he is such a lebron bandwagon
Miami Heat!
*lebron goes to cavaliers*
Whose your favorite team?
Of course the cavaliers I always liked them.
Wow he is such a lebron bandwagon
by CoNnOr July 12, 2014
An individual who identifies as Canadian and professes the Canadian spirit while their country (usually the United States) undergoes a period of unrest, instability, poor political choices, or lackluster sporting results.
John became a bandwagon Canadian after Team USA's 0-3 ouster from the World Cup of Hockey.
After Trump won the election, the number of Bandwagon Canadians tripled.
After Trump won the election, the number of Bandwagon Canadians tripled.
by jbd91 September 24, 2016
The unexplained phenomena that occurs when somebody writes some successful (albeit awful) literature on vampires, EVERYBODY decides they want to get in on the act and before you know it bookshelves are crammed with novels about romantic relationships with vampires, and you can't escape the fact that so much hype is made over the "New Moon" trailor that you would think it was the coming of Jesus.
Person 1: Hey did you read that erotica novel where a women has sex with 15 vampires and their marble like, cold cocks? (Come to think of it, if a vampire is dead, they would have no blood circulation-Edward is always described as being cold- how could they "get it up"?)
Person 2: OMG NO WAI11!!!@~~
Person 3: Ya, everybody is jumping on the vampire bandwagon...
Person 2: OMG NO WAI11!!!@~~
Person 3: Ya, everybody is jumping on the vampire bandwagon...
by LOTR NERD October 31, 2009
Noun. Pronounced "R-I-P Bandwagon," although it's permissible to just say "Rip."
A phenomenon that occurs when a person, usually a teenager or young adult, kicks the bucket, and suddenly the amount of friends they have and/or people who ever gave a shit about them skyrockets and far exceeds the amount of friends they ever had when their heart was actually beating. Usually happens among middle school, high school or college crowds, but especially in high school due to the tendency of suicide with high schoolers, alcohol/drug related deaths and other similar reasons.
Activity that screams RIP Bandwagoning includes but is not limited to incidents of RIP Bandwagoners putting "RIP (Dead person's name)" on their MySpace display name or status message regardless of whether or not they actually knew said dead person, posting bulletins/passages in their "About Me" reminiscing the life of this person entitled "RIP" or something similar, and generally just participating in the grieving over the recent death even though the majority of the people mourning never actually knew the guy/girl in person. Many who have actually experienced a devastating loss know that real people in grieving tend to put the MySpace and social networking nonsense aside for awhile and keep to themselves or to close family and friends –– Not so the RIP Bandwagoner. Suddenly, talking to the dead person for five minutes two years ago at the Food Court in the local shopping mall has become a life-changing moment for the RIP Bandwagoner that they will apparently never forget, and the entire existing friendship between the dead person and the RIP Bandwagoner is chronicled in a MySpace comment for all to see that is so long it exceeds the character limit and spans an extra three comments. Although it should be remembered that half of these reflective events are just made up because the dead person is no longer around to verify the truth of such statements.
RIP Bandwagoners won't admit it to you, but they're really just trying to be a part of something because everyone else is, to "fit in" with what the crowd is doing more or less, hence the origin of the term. RIP Bandwagoners are all part of that ridiculous mindset today that "It's Cool To Be Tragic" even though they themselves have probably never experienced any real tragedy. Many RIP Bandwagoners don't consider that the true friends of the dead person know who that person associated with and who they didn't even know, and they are usually the ones who can best tell who is truly grieving and who is a RIP Bandwagoner. So the RIP Bandwagoners themselves tend to end up fooling... Well, nobody.
So take this advice: Don't be an RIP Bandwagoner. If you didn't know the person, IT'S OKAY TO BE SAD, but if you take it too far you'll almost certainly be pointed out as a Fraud sooner or later. You might not even know it when it happens –– it could just occur behind your back.
Long-story-short lesson learned: DON'T BE FAKE
A phenomenon that occurs when a person, usually a teenager or young adult, kicks the bucket, and suddenly the amount of friends they have and/or people who ever gave a shit about them skyrockets and far exceeds the amount of friends they ever had when their heart was actually beating. Usually happens among middle school, high school or college crowds, but especially in high school due to the tendency of suicide with high schoolers, alcohol/drug related deaths and other similar reasons.
Activity that screams RIP Bandwagoning includes but is not limited to incidents of RIP Bandwagoners putting "RIP (Dead person's name)" on their MySpace display name or status message regardless of whether or not they actually knew said dead person, posting bulletins/passages in their "About Me" reminiscing the life of this person entitled "RIP" or something similar, and generally just participating in the grieving over the recent death even though the majority of the people mourning never actually knew the guy/girl in person. Many who have actually experienced a devastating loss know that real people in grieving tend to put the MySpace and social networking nonsense aside for awhile and keep to themselves or to close family and friends –– Not so the RIP Bandwagoner. Suddenly, talking to the dead person for five minutes two years ago at the Food Court in the local shopping mall has become a life-changing moment for the RIP Bandwagoner that they will apparently never forget, and the entire existing friendship between the dead person and the RIP Bandwagoner is chronicled in a MySpace comment for all to see that is so long it exceeds the character limit and spans an extra three comments. Although it should be remembered that half of these reflective events are just made up because the dead person is no longer around to verify the truth of such statements.
RIP Bandwagoners won't admit it to you, but they're really just trying to be a part of something because everyone else is, to "fit in" with what the crowd is doing more or less, hence the origin of the term. RIP Bandwagoners are all part of that ridiculous mindset today that "It's Cool To Be Tragic" even though they themselves have probably never experienced any real tragedy. Many RIP Bandwagoners don't consider that the true friends of the dead person know who that person associated with and who they didn't even know, and they are usually the ones who can best tell who is truly grieving and who is a RIP Bandwagoner. So the RIP Bandwagoners themselves tend to end up fooling... Well, nobody.
So take this advice: Don't be an RIP Bandwagoner. If you didn't know the person, IT'S OKAY TO BE SAD, but if you take it too far you'll almost certainly be pointed out as a Fraud sooner or later. You might not even know it when it happens –– it could just occur behind your back.
Long-story-short lesson learned: DON'T BE FAKE
Guy: Why does Kate have "RIP STEVE )))): I ALREADY MISS YOU SO MUCH <//3" written on her MySpace when she didn't even know Steve in the first place? How can she miss him if she didn't even know him?
Girl: I know. She wants to be a part of what everyone else is doing just to be cool. She's just jumping on the RIP Bandwagon if you ask me...
Girl: I know. She wants to be a part of what everyone else is doing just to be cool. She's just jumping on the RIP Bandwagon if you ask me...
by Lyosha July 25, 2009
Anyone who claims they are a "fan" of a particular sports team, even though they had no prior support for/interest in the team until that team started winning. These types of fans only show playoff interest, have probably never watched a regular season game, don't own any type of team merchandise, nor would they buy any.
Everyone in Cleveland became a bandwagon fan only after LeBron James got drafted and they made the playoffs.
by mikeyJ4U May 28, 2009