Definition of "wannabe" []

• One who aspires to a role or position. (noun)
• One who imitates the behavior, customs, or dress of an admired person or group. (noun)
• A product designed to imitate the qualities or characteristics of something. (noun)
• Wishing or aspiring to be; would-be. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The reason for using the term wannabe "alot" is because these mom & pop places "want to be" pixar and dreamworks."
• "Even the hardest Barack followers are starting to see that this wannabe is all STYLE and no SUBSTANCE!!!!!"
• "First Deputy Superintendent Al Wysinger, the department's No. 2 official, who attended the meeting, blamed the recent violence on a dispute between what he described as wannabe gangs - Young Money and 46 Terror Town."