Question of the Day #1064

Lily-Rose Depp Slams ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: People Want to Define Me ‘By the Men in My Life’

From the headline of this article at IMDb.com.

  上記の文で、nepo babyの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "nepo baby" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

《a ～》〈主に英〉ネポベイビー◆有名な親のコネ(nepotism)で成功を収めた俳優やミュージシャンなどの子ども

「主に英」となっていますが、世界にインターネットがある今ではこのような流行り言葉は無国籍になりつつあります。
 

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

a celebrity with a parent who is also famous, especially one whose industry connections are perceived as essential to their success.

 

Examples

• The media often criticizes nepo babies and their perceived lack of talent, but it’s important to acknowledge that connections can only take you so far.
• Many aspiring actors struggle to make it in Bollywood without connections, while some argue that nepo babies have an unfair advantage in the industry.
• It makes sense that he's a nepo baby, because there's no way he earned that role.
• Maude Apatow, daughter of director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann, who was the subject of the original "nepo baby" post on Twitter in 2022.
• In 2023, Hailey Bieber of the Baldwin family embraced the term, wearing a shirt reading "nepo baby".

   

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