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backup dancer

Backup dancer – a man who is trying to enter the limelight even though he is simply someone’s side-man.Not considered part of the main crew or ensemble, he is a simply a backup dancer.
Whilst backup dancers tend to be attention seekers, they are best ignored
“Oi Crispy Grant, how you gonna come flex round my hood when you iz just a backup dancer?”
backup dancer by WhackBoi August 17, 2016
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Backup dancer

Backup dancer came up about 2014 when I kept having friends bring these randoms out them. These people tend to not know they are backup dancers. They generally bring nothing to the table, occasionally they have money but 9 times they are just here to make you look good. They are sometimes mistaken for acquaintances but normally you don't know much about they. After a while they graduate from backup dancing to actually friends.
Who'd you come out with ? Some backup dancers!

Those backup dancers over there are throwing shade.
Backup dancer by Bizall June 6, 2017

backup dancer

Someone who wants to be something or in the spotlight at all times.
Kylie Jenner u backup dancer (cos she's not a kardashian)
backup dancer by TRUSSSMEDADDI July 27, 2016

BACKUP DANCER

Backup dancer is a gritty localized term used by the inhabitants of England describing a person who lingers in the back of every circumstance without a purpose and is classified as irrelevant to the human society.
This term emerged from a rapper named Stormzy who performed a free style at a South London Park
"Rahh that wasteman is a backup dancer"
"Get off his woodina you backup dancer"
BACKUP DANCER by Zootnation July 28, 2023

backup dancer

Someone who's just a complete twat, so annoying, attention-seeking, wants to be in the centre of everything but they can't really succeed in doing this. Originated from the song 'shutup by stormzy'
Oi Lydia, stop being such a backup dancer.
backup dancer by TRUSSSMEDADDI September 19, 2016

Backup Dancer

A person who isn't important.

A person who hides in the shadow of someone else.

A copycat.
Yo you heard about Tom

Na he's a Backup Dancer.
Backup Dancer by Jumpman44 September 5, 2016
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
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