mini-me
nounUK /ˈmɪnimiː/
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).
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Humorous A person who is a miniature, but otherwise identical, version of a particular person.
- Now Boris Yeltsin Has His Own 'Mini-Me'.1999, Tony Karon, Time, (headline), 9 Aug 1999
- One motive for procreating is to 'reproduce yourself'—to create a 'mini-me'.2005, Sue Richardson, Margot R. Prior, No Time to Lose: The Wellbeing of Australia's Children, →ISBN, page 71:
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- 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.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 324: