bandwagon
pronunciation
How to pronounce bandwagon in British English:
UK [ˈbændwæɡən]
How to pronounce bandwagon in American English:
US [ˈbændwæɡən]
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- Noun:
- a popular trend that attracts growing support
- a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
Word Origin
- bandwagon (n.)
- also band-wagon, 1855, American English, from band (n.2) + wagon, originally a large wagon used to carry the band in a circus procession; as these also figured in celebrations of successful political campaigns, being on the bandwagon came to represent "attaching oneself to anything that looks likely to succeed," a usage first attested 1899 in writings of Theodore Roosevelt.
Example
- 1. Everyone seems to be jumping on the get-happier bandwagon .
- 2. Does the kyoto bandwagon have too much political momentum ?
- 3. Will image-conscious fashion houses join the outsourcing bandwagon by shifting production to asia ?
- 4. Other investment banks also started to offer similar products and a bandwagon began to roll .
- 5. Elizabeth warren , a senatorial candidate in massachusetts , also jumped on the bandwagon .