credit whore

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credit whore (plural credit whores)

  1. (informal, vulgar, derogatory) A person who feels entitled to receiving credit or recognition for even the most insignificant task.
    • 2013, Howie Weiner, Howie Weener Unclogged: A Colonic Noir Musical Memoir[1]:
      I didn't think I deserved credit, and I've been known to be a credit whore.