Song by the British girl band "Spice Girls". Openly catalogued as "crap", this song is everyone who was born between 1985 and 1995's musical core. Even if they don't accept it.
Excerpt from the song:
"If you wannabe my lover
You gotta get with my friends
Make it last forever
Friendship never e-ends"
"If you wannabe my lover
You gotta get with my friends
Make it last forever
Friendship never e-ends"
by FGG October 16, 2006
someone attempting to emulate a person or genre of people but failing and earning the disgust of those he is attempting to become like
by vexator February 19, 2003
those little kids that shop at tammy. they buy those black flared pants saying "bad girl" and then claim their goth
by kill wannabes. do society a favour June 4, 2005
Anyone who makes an attempt to emulate another person/subculture/lifestyle; usually done to look cool, make friends, or to get attention. More often than not a wannabe is either insecure and wants to find their niche in society or they are just craving attention. These groups include "prep", "gangsta", "goth", "emo", "nerd", and "redneck" ("goth" and "emo" being the most popular). It all starts out when the wannabe sees a certain group as cool and then they try to adopt the style/attitude/musical taste of that group. This normally results in ridicule and the disgust of the people they try to be like.
Example 1:
For starters, whoever posted entry #10 here. I think I know who you are and the person you are talking about... thats not a very nice thing to say about one of your fellow bandmates, now is it?
Example 2:
Seth (emo): Hey... you know that Jacob kid, right?
Henry (another emo): Yeah what about him?
Seth: Well.. he kept staring at me all week last week and today at school he had the same shoes as yours and the same haircut I have.. and he keeps trying to talk to me about how cool Hawthorne Heights and MCR are.
Henry: Dude... thats f*cked up. What a wannabe!
For starters, whoever posted entry #10 here. I think I know who you are and the person you are talking about... thats not a very nice thing to say about one of your fellow bandmates, now is it?
Example 2:
Seth (emo): Hey... you know that Jacob kid, right?
Henry (another emo): Yeah what about him?
Seth: Well.. he kept staring at me all week last week and today at school he had the same shoes as yours and the same haircut I have.. and he keeps trying to talk to me about how cool Hawthorne Heights and MCR are.
Henry: Dude... thats f*cked up. What a wannabe!
by Ashleigh*yelhsa December 3, 2007
a person who grew up in a certain enviroment their whole life and then tries to imitate a certian style that's can never happen in their own enviroment
by kid-G August 8, 2006
A wannabe is gang gang guy that suffers from peer pressure and so he wants to get others to think more of him by adopting a "cool" lifestyle buying expensive clothing, flexing their souls, listening to gang gang rappers and trappers etc. Usually, they are basic 13-15 girls and boys. Although, the word "wannabe" is used as a harassment word for those who do that.
by Billeison February 7, 2020
Wannabe - Wanting to be someone or something you are not. This term is typically used by someone who APPARENTLY has no ability for self reflection and aims to bully. People who use this term might be classified as a hater. Comments like this may be coming from an individual who is in a dark and sad place. You have 3 basic options for these types of people. 1) Good: Uplift them. You might not know how, but you will try. You may win or you could lose. But in the end you choose love.
2) Neutral: You will learn to avoid such people, as they are probably not worth your time. But in the end you may sometimes feel stuck, "Should have I done more"/"Does it even matter at all" play in your mind.
3) Bad: Join them. You will be like they are. You will spread pain like they do. But in the end you might feel the need to fight for redemption.
2) Neutral: You will learn to avoid such people, as they are probably not worth your time. But in the end you may sometimes feel stuck, "Should have I done more"/"Does it even matter at all" play in your mind.
3) Bad: Join them. You will be like they are. You will spread pain like they do. But in the end you might feel the need to fight for redemption.
by That's life - Frank Sinatra February 8, 2021