bandwagon jumper
- noun
- /ˈbændˌwæɡən ˈdʒʌmpər/
- Offensive
:
oportunista
- As a bandwagon jumper, she quickly shifted her loyalty from one celebrity to another.
Examples
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Many people consider him a bandwagon jumper because he only supports popular teams.
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So calmly provide evidence, please, and stop attacking those who are not CT bandwagon jumpers.
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I am not being a bandwagon jumper here.
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I don't have any respect for bandwagon jumpers.
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She often changes her opinions to fit in with popular trends, making her a bandwagon jumper.
Synonyms
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A person who follows things like fashion or diets that are popular for a short time
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A person who often changes their opinions or public image to fit different situations
Antonyms
How Loyal
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- Informal
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7.4
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
bandwagon + jumper
The meaning is directly built from 'bandwagon' (a fashionable cause) plus an agentive 'jumper' (one who jumps), so it denotes someone who 'jumps on the bandwagon' — i.e., follows whatever is popular. The compound follows regular English word-formation and compositional logic, so a learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer this meaning.
Etymology
The phrase bandwagon jumper comes from old parades where a bandwagon was a wagon with a music band and people would jump onto it to join the crowd. So, someone who 'jumps on the bandwagon' quickly joins whatever is popular, and a bandwagon jumper means 'a person who switches their support to whatever is popular'.