coattails

Trump’s coattails are ‘humongous’ after Super Tuesday domination: Speaker Johnson


The number of people riding Trump’s New Clothes coattails is are humongous ..."



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coattails (plural noun)
each of the flaps formed by the lower back of a coat, especially a tailcoat.
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coattail
noun

1: the rear flap of a man's coat
2 coattails plural : the skirts of a dress coat, cutaway, or frock coat
3 coattails plural : the influence or pulling power of a popular movement or person (such as a political candidate)
congressmen riding into office on the president's coattails

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Coattails
It's like when someone imitates someone else or does something cool after someone else already made it cool, basically saying someone is "riding the coat tails" of the person before them.
I did that already, gj coattails. Fucko.

Ride coattails
to increase one's reputation through connections to someone with a better reputation
He Rode his friend's coattails to get privileges otherwise reserved for Corporate executives. (example of Ride coattails)

coattail cowboy
One who excels at the act of coattailing. A professional coattailer.
After my presentation, the coattail cowboy was trying to take credit for my work.

coattail rider
(n.) Usually male, a person who tries to leverage previous face time to sleep with or "date" someone that's been involved with a friend.
Bob only met Sarah because I was dating her, and as soon as we broke up, he asked her out. What a coattail rider.

Coattail Thank You
Any additional thank you's added to an original thank you. A coattail thank you requires less sincerity and initiative.

Boy 1: Hey Dad, thanks for buying us this yacht!

Boy 2: Yeah thanks.

Boy 1: You're stealing my thank you! That was a coattail thank you!

Jay Walking Coattails
The act of crossing the street because someone before you has already crossed and caused traffic to stop. In effect, jay walking because someone else already has.
I rode on this guy's Jay Walking Coattails after he jumped in front of traffic and caused a 30 car pile up.

Coattail Bro
Men with little talent or life skills who ride the "coattails" of the attractive females to get by in live.

A guy with a hot girlfriend that positions himself as her "manager," "agent" or "mandatory co-participant" in modeling/sex worker activities.

Mediocre Male porn actor who establishes clout through his more popular and sought after girlfriend/partner.
"You can't work with Destiny, unless you book Chad, her Coattail Bro."