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successorexia 

Seemingly instant success celebrities (and others) seem to gain once they have lost enough weight to appear to be possibly on the more anorexic side of life.
"Brittany Murphy/Hillary Duff/Jessica Simpson/Nicole Richie/Teri Hatcher etc...sure is famous now."
"I know, she looks great."
"It must be the successoriexia."
"Maybe if I drop to 20 pounds below my thinnest possible weight ever, I too will gain success."
"I'd bet on it."

Successorexia: Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie turned celeb magazines into Gray's Anatomy. Count the ribs!
*taken from Socialitelife.com, ref. New York Post*
successorexia by Lolololori May 4, 2006
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successorize

Noun: Item of clothing or apparel used to make you look or feel more successful
Daniella used her fake glasses to successorize when going to work on Friday. Instantly her coworkers thought she looked smarter.
successorize by CaseyLillet March 19, 2010
Word of the Day on July 19, 2012

Successorize

I liked the word. It's above definition is apt, although it is a verb while the author described it as a noun. The example uses it as an infinitive verb.
Bitch! You're not successorizing! Your sunglasses are the motherfucking successorize! You should hit this joint like the stoner you are after wearing your successorize to a job interview.

Successories 

"I see you brought your successories!"
Successories by Settle4Nothing October 13, 2019

successophobia 

"The fear that if one is successful, then one's personal needs will be forgotten and one will no longer have one's childish needs catered to."
Coupland, Douglas. Generation X:Tales for an Aceelerated Culture. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
Doug's successophobia kept him from reaching for a promotion.
successophobia by gennx December 1, 2009

Spiritual Sucessor 

A spiritual successor is a product which is similar to (or directly inspired by) another previous work, but (unlike a traditional prequel or sequel) does not explicitly continue the product line or media franchise of its predecessor, and is thus only a successor "in spirit" Spiritual successors often have similar themes and styles to their source material, but are generally a distinct intellectual property.

In fiction, the term generally refers to a work by a creator which shares similarities to one of their earlier works, but is set in a different continuity, and features distinct characters and settings. Such works may arise when licensing issues prevent a creator from releasing a direct sequel using the same copyrighted characters and names as the original.

The term is also used more broadly to describe a pastiche work, which intentionally evokes similarities to pay homage to other influential works, but is also distinct enough to avoid copyright infringement.
This game is aiming to be a Spiritual Sucessor to Spore

Successories 

Using lines from motivational or inspirational posters to spurr on or motivate an individual, usually during a sporting event or physical activity. The person yelling the successories is often very lazy and annoying and when they do this it incites hatred on the part of the receiver. Example of this is "Never give up" and "Eyes on the prize"
Peter on season 10 of The Amazing Race often did this to his partner Sarah, who had one fake, bionic leg.
Peter often shouted successories at Sarah while she struggled to do a very physical task and he sat there being lazy and useless.
Successories by cinnarose October 25, 2006