A fork of Rural Dictionary
In sports, someone who shamelessly cheers for a particular team not because he likes them or follows them faithfully, but only because that particular team is the "popular" choice or has been or is the top team in their specific sport recently. When that team which bandwagoners follow falls from grace, they gleefully jump on the next teams bandwagon and cheer for that team.
All Lakers fans are bandwagoners, ALL OF THEM, except maybe Jack Nicholson.
When someone adopts a popular point of view for the primary purpose of recognition and/or acceptance by others.
Man, Nanlawon has been posting on our forums forever and everyone hates him. Then this new chick, Toolesbabe, joins the forum and just hops on the bandwagon ripping on him, even though she'd never even read a single post by him. WTF?!
To join a trendy or popular activity for the sole reason that it is popular.
1: I heard Kyle doesn't even like golf. 2:Yeah hes bandwagoning with us because we like it.
A person who starts rooting for a sports team after never having interest in that team or even that sport in general because they're winning and everyone else is rooting for them
Bandwagoner: "Football is stupid" a few months later after the 49ers have made the playoffs... Bandwagoner: "Go 49ers"
Suddenly giving a damn when a team gets good.
The dodgers suddenly look like a decent team, and Brooks jumped right on the bandwagon.