gonnabe

/ˈɡənəbi/

Etymology

From gonna (“contraction of going to”) + be, modelled after wannabe.

noun

  1. One who is on the path to becoming famous or important.“I attribute any success I have to the following educators in my life: New York agent Jim Cypher […] early on taught me that the difference between “wannabes” and “gonnabes” is persistence; […]”