A person who thrives on others and benefit by deriving
money, time, and emotions at the other's expense(s). S/He not only maintains but expects
friends to support and sponsor her way of life while the said parasite may even manage to extract money and wealth from her
friends to spend on her/himself, i.e. fashion, vacations, advancements. In return if said parasite make attempt to give back, it was often used as superficial avenue to glorify or benefit him/herself.
Colleague 1: I was at a friend's wedding and saw Irina with her new boyfriend.
Colleague 2: Oh God, what did they do?
Colleague 1: Well, she didn't bring get the couple a wedding present, her boyfriend ate all the steak from the
table, got horribly
drunk and offended a couple of
people.
Colleague 2: Sounds typical trashy behavior.
Colleague 1: More than that - they'
re social parasites... when the married couple came to our
table to toast, Irina said the them, "For your wedding present, I'll give you two tickets to my next show."
Colleague 2: Wow. I think I've seen one of her shows - it was horrible.
Colleague 1: I don't have the heart to tell her otherwise.
