attention whore

A derogatory term for someone who seeks attention in desperate, obvious, or inappropriate ways. Although it is gender neutral, it is more often used against women. Why do you always act that way at parties? It's like you're an attention whore or something. Oh, she's just an attention whore—don't fall for any of her sob stories. Look at those attention whores wearing next to nothing behind home plate. It's so obvious they want to go home with one of the players.