[Ads-l] Antedating of "Wannabe" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

wannabe, adj. (OED 1986)

1972 Sarasota Journal 20 Oct. 1/1 (Newspapers.com)

The big chief of the National Congress of American Indians, Lee Cook, introduces his wife as a Wannabe (want-to-be) Indian.  She's a pretty Swedish girl with not an ounce of Indian blood.

Fred Shapiro

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