attention whore

English

Noun

attention whore (plural attention whores)

1. (derogatory, idiomatic) An individual that routinely solicits attention through inappropriate tactics and provocation

Synonyms

• drama queen

Translations

someone craving attention

• Dutch: aandachtshoer (nl) f
• Finnish: huomionkipeä (fi)
• German: Aufmerksamkeitshure (de)

• Portuguese: att puta (pt) m and f
• Turkish: ilgi budalası (tr), ilgi orospusu (tr)

Verb

attention whore (third-person singular simple present attention whores, present participle attention whoring, simple past and past participle attention whored)

1. (rare) To seek attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
   • 2006, Ray Richmond, "Peacock's perch gives Coulter place to crow", The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2006:

     Her [Ann Coulter's] toxicity is more about salesmanship than citizenship, more high-decibel attention whoring than true ideology.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.

See also

• troll