(n.) A backstreet abortion, or one performed in secrecy to a young girl. Stems from the days when a tin coat hanger was actually the weapon of choice.
he had the hanger too many times to get pregnant.
by Kung-Fu Jesus May 20, 2004
A hanger-on is a person often without any friends who follows around popular groups in for example school or at parties/clubs etc. trying to become part of that group.
You're in a group of 6 people, only 5 of them are your friends the other person just follows the group all the time, he's in that case the hanger-on.
by ViagraAddict February 12, 2012
A lethal combination of hunger and anger, the result of waiting so long to eat that your blood sugar drops to dangerously low levels, impairing both your mood and your judgment. Particularly manifests itself when you are with a significant other and trying to make decisions about where to eat now that you're both starving.
Don't take your hanger out on me! How should I know where we can find food at 3 am in downtown El Dorado? I told you we should have eaten before we left.
by Leonore April 24, 2008
Sally is voluptous and has some nice-looking hangers on her chest.
Your grandmother has big, floppy hangers. She must obtain a more supportive brassiere.
Your grandmother has big, floppy hangers. She must obtain a more supportive brassiere.
by Anonymous February 14, 2004
by FinWonga March 11, 2016
A person who gets themselves involved with a high-profile individual, usually for the attention from the media.
Often, a hanger-on has little to no talent in a particular area of media; usually only cares about the publicity that comes with being a celebrity. All of this explains why they do what they do. These people are often accused of being "attention whores" or "gold-diggers" and other derogatory terms like the the ones named.
Otherwise known as being "famous for being famous".
Often, a hanger-on has little to no talent in a particular area of media; usually only cares about the publicity that comes with being a celebrity. All of this explains why they do what they do. These people are often accused of being "attention whores" or "gold-diggers" and other derogatory terms like the the ones named.
Otherwise known as being "famous for being famous".
Before Kim Kardashian became famous, she was great friends with heiress Paris Hilton. Was she a hanger-on?
by whats_yo_name_pussycat March 04, 2018