English Reference

Idiom

bandwagon jumper

Meaning

One who jumps on the bandwagon.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He is just a bandwagon jumper who likes the winning team.”

“Many people became fans only after the team reached the finals, proving they were nothing more than bandwagon jumpers.”

“The sudden surge in popularity for the obscure author attracted many bandwagon jumpers who had never actually read a single page of her work.”

Examples

simple

“He is just a bandwagon jumper who likes the winning team.”

contextual

“Many people became fans only after the team reached the finals, proving they were nothing more than bandwagon jumpers.”

complex

“The sudden surge in popularity for the obscure author attracted many bandwagon jumpers who had never actually read a single page of her work.”

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