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coattails

It's like when someone imitates someone else or does something cool after someone else already made it cool, basically saying someone is "riding the coat tails" of the person before them.

Ride coattails

by The Return of Light Joker on May 17, 2009 12:00:44

to increase one's reputation through connections to someone with a better reputation

Example:
He Rode his friend's coattails to get privileges otherwise reserved for Corporate executives. (example of Ride coattails)

coattail cowboy

by MowMow on Feb 04, 2015 15:10:18

One who excels at the act of coattailing. A professional coattailer.

Example:
After my presentation, the coattail cowboy was trying to take credit for my work.

coattail rider

by Inox on Oct 17, 2006 22:01:52

(n.) Usually male, a person who tries to leverage previous face time to sleep with or "date" someone that's been involved with a friend.

Example:
Bob only met Sarah because I was dating her, and as soon as we broke up, he asked her out. What a coattail rider.

Coattail Thank You

by J Drizzy on Nov 04, 2011 09:50:05

Any additional thank you's added to an original thank you. A coattail thank you requires less sincerity and initiative.

Example:
Boy 1: Hey Dad, thanks for buying us this yacht!

Boy 2: Yeah thanks.

Boy 1: You're stealing my thank you! That was a coattail thank you!

Jay Walking Coattails

by Eager Beaver Parcel on Oct 05, 2011 02:29:24

The act of crossing the street because someone before you has already crossed and caused traffic to stop. In effect, jay walking because someone else already has.

Example:
I rode on this guy's Jay Walking Coattails after he jumped in front of traffic and caused a 30 car pile up.

Coattail Bro

by Christopher Nero on Oct 22, 2022 03:55:45

Men with little talent or life skills who ride the "coattails" of the attractive females to get by in live.

A guy with a hot girlfriend that positions himself as her "manager," "agent" or "mandatory co-participant" in modeling/sex worker activities.

Mediocre Male porn actor who establishes clout through his more popular and sought after girlfriend/partner.

Example:
"You can't work with Destiny, unless you book Chad, her Coattail Bro."

coattail candidate

by YumiSpewns on Jan 02, 2015 10:49:04

A political candidate that gains a great deal of popularity primarily from family name, vise from receiving recognition through his or her own limited accumulative achievements within time of service. Term derived from the adage, "riding on coattails," more often in reference of a son, gaining influence by the popularity of his father, without achieving influence on his own merits.

Example:
Hopefully America has been disillioned enough from its past mistakes, and make it a bipartisan effort to refrain from having another coattail candidate from becoming the next president of the United States.

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