Definition of "luvvy" [luvvy]

• An actor or actress, especially a narcissistic and pretentious one (noun)
• An affectionate term of address (noun)

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• "Known as a New Labour "luvvy", she was appointed by Charles Moore in the expectation that she could provide an insight into the doings of the Blair camp."
• "No self-indulgent twaddle, no luvvy duvvy waffle, no tedious explaining what we're looking at, no extraneous family members self-aggrandising and hogging the airtime with totally irrelevant bullshit."
• "Using his own labels, why need be either a "boffin" or a "luvvy"?"