mini-me
See also: minime
English
Etymology
From mini- + me, later popularised by the name of a character in the comedy spy film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnimiː/
Noun
mini-me (plural mini-mes)
- (chiefly humorous) A person who is a miniature, but otherwise identical, version of a particular person.
- 1999, Tony Karon, Time, (headline), 9 Aug 1999:
- Now Boris Yeltsin Has His Own 'Mini-Me'.
- 2005, Sue Richardson, Margot R. Prior, No Time to Lose: The Wellbeing of Australia's Children, →ISBN, page 71:
- One motive for procreating is to 'reproduce yourself'—to create a 'mini-me'.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 324:
- The latest in the production line of ruthless royal officials, Edward Belknap was cut from Dudley's cloth, a ‘mini-me’ of the most obnoxious variety.
- 1999, Tony Karon, Time, (headline), 9 Aug 1999:
References
- OED 2004