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paparazzi

[ pah-puh-raht-see; Italian pah-pah-raht-tsee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

singular paparazzo

freelance photographers, especially those who take candid pictures of celebrities for publication:
To evade the paparazzi, the actress sent her car to the front entrance and snuck in the back on foot.
I felt like a paparazzo as I hung around waiting to catch a glimpse of the singer.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of paparazzi¹

First recorded in 1965–70; from Italian, from the surname of such a photographer in Federico Fellini's ( def ) La dolce vita (1959), of disputed origin

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Except Affleck’s door came with paparazzi lying in wait, and a story was born.

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A day after the alleged incident, paparazzi spotted Williams out and about on a motorized scooter.

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It marked the fact that, by that point, fashion and pop culture had become one, with celebrities on the cover of Vogue magazine instead of models, and paparazzi photos dictating sales.

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That night, she was kicked out the front, where paparazzi awaited.

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Friends said Hackman came to cherish the simpler life away from paparazzi and hype of the show business machine.

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Papanicolaou test paparazzo

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