"attention whore" meaning in English

See attention whore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈtɛn.ʃən ho(ː)ɹ/ Audio: En-US-attention_whore.wav [US], en-au-attention whore.ogg [Australia] Forms: attention whores [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} attention whore (plural attention whores)
  1. (derogatory, vulgar, idiomatic) An individual that routinely solicits attention through inappropriate tactics and provocation. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, vulgar Categories (topical): People Synonyms: drama queen Related terms: look-at-me, credit whore, fame whore, media whore Translations (someone craving attention): 戲精 (Chinese Mandarin), 戏精 (xìjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), aandachtshoer [feminine] (Dutch), huomionkipeä (Finnish), huomiohuora [informal] (Finnish), m’as-tu-vu (French), Aufmerksamkeitshure [feminine] (German), biscoiteiro (Portuguese), ilgi budalası (Turkish), ilgi orospusu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-attention_whore-en-noun-58SF5b-f Disambiguation of People: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 44

Verb

IPA: /əˈtɛn.ʃən ho(ː)ɹ/ Audio: En-US-attention_whore.wav [US], en-au-attention whore.ogg [Australia] Forms: attention whores [present, singular, third-person], attention whoring [participle, present], attention whored [participle, past], attention whored [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} attention whore (third-person singular simple present attention whores, present participle attention whoring, simple past and past participle attention whored)
  1. (rare, vulgar) To seek attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree. Tags: rare, vulgar Related terms: troll
    Sense id: en-attention_whore-en-verb-NAm-~mKn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45

Inflected forms

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