Coattails

It's like when someone imitates someone else or does something cool after someone else already made it cool, basically saying someone is "riding the coat tails" of the person before them.

to increase one's reputation through connections to someone with a better reputation

One who excels at the act of coattailing. A professional coattailer.

(n.) Usually male, a person who tries to leverage previous face time to sleep with or "date" someone that's been involved with a friend.

Any additional thank you's added to an original thank you. A coattail thank you requires less sincerity and initiative.

The act of crossing the street because someone before you has already crossed and caused traffic to stop. In effect, jay walking because someone else already has.

Men with little talent or life skills who ride the "coattails" of the attractive females to get by in live.

A guy with a hot girlfriend that positions himself as her "manager," "agent" or "mandatory co-participant" in modeling/sex worker activities.

Mediocre Male porn actor who establishes clout through his more popular and sought after girlfriend/partner.