bandwagon
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ən noun
1.
2.
a party, cause, movement, etc., that by its mass appeal or strength readily attracts many followers: After it became apparent that the incumbent would win, everyone decided to jump on the bandwagon.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (US) a wagon, usually high and brightly coloured, for carrying the band in a parade |
| 2. | jump on the bandwagon, climb on the bandwagon, get on the bandwagon to join or give support to a party or movement that seems to be assured of success |
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Bandwagon
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bandwagon
1855, Amer.Eng., from band (2) + wagon, originally a large wagon used to carry the band in a circus procession; as these also figured in celebrations of successful political campaigns, being on the bandwagon came to represent "attaching oneself to
anything that looks likely to succeed," a usage first attested 1899 in writings of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Example sentences
It is time to get off the global warming bandwagon and become educated.
Almost all investment bankers jumped one after another on this propaganda bandwagon.
Furthermore, distance learning doesn't necessarily mean hitching a ride with every new technological bandwagon.
Many of the people who jumped on the bandwagon during the protest era were anything but sincere believers.
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