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plural Madonnabes · alternative Madonna-be
- informalA person (usually female) who dresses or acts like American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
No one would accuse the “Madonnabes” – the women who copied the pop star – of being demure.
2013 April 14, Jacqueline Cutler, “The ’80’s: The Decade That Made Us”, in TVWeek (The Miami Herald), page 46TV2 more examples
After Pat Benatar made room on MTV for the far-more-calculated Madonna and her younger Madonnabes, the rest of the freaks and geeks vanished too, and so did I in a way.
2000 April, Sara Sherr, “Pat Benatar”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 80, page 94Two retro Madonnabes in black bras and lace panty girdles walked by, snapping their gum and playing with their costume-jewelry necklaces.
2007, Richard B. Schwartz, Proof of Purchase (A Jack Grant Mystery), Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 124
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Madonnabe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Madonnabe
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