English
Etymology
From It. paparazzi#Italian|paparazzi, plural of paparazzo#Italian|paparazzo.
Noun
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paparazzi plural and, nonstandardly, singular
- plural of|paparazzo|nodot=1; freelance photographers who sell photographs of celebrities to the media, especially ones who pursue celebrities and attempt to obtain candid photographs.
#*1985, Francis King, One Is a Wanderer: Selected Stories, Hutchinson, ISBN 0091620805, page 312,
#*:A number of paparazzi had gate-crashed, as had a famous tennis-player and a couple of pop-singers.
#*2004, Noel Botham, The Murder of Princess Diana, Pinnacle Books, ISBN 0-7860-0700-1, page 168,
#*:A number of paparazzi were there to take pictures, clearly having received a further tip-off about the party�s movements.
#*2007, Stanley Hart, "Oh, Brother", in Two Novellas, AuthorHouse?, ISBN 1425987087, page 99,
#*:â��Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]â�� <!-- [sic] quotation marks -->
- Used as a Appendix:Glossary#plurale tantum|plurale tantum.
#*1978, Stephen Birmingham, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Grossett & Dunlap, ISBN 0448143062, page 184,
#*:The publicity that would ensue from a court battle with someone of Galella�s ilk would only be bad and would convey to Galella a degree of status and importance that this member of the paparazzi didn�t deserve.
#*2005 April, Kathleen O'Reilly, The Diva�s Guide to Selling Your Soul, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416516565, page 36,
#*:He manages to snag you just when a member of the paparazzi is skulking by, […]
#*2007, Chris Rojek, Cultural Studies, Polity, ISBN 0745636837, page 55,
#*:The member of the paparazzi is a Weegee-like figure played by Joe Pesci in the film The Public Eye (1992).
- nonstandard A paparazzo.
#*1997, Eeva Joniken and Soile Veijola, "The Disoriented Tourist: The Figuration of the Tourist in Contemporary Cultural Critique", in Chris Rojek and John Urry (eds.), Touring Cultures: Transformations of Travel and Theory, Routledge, 0-415-11125-0, page 46,
#*:The job of a paparazzi is, roughly, to �reveal the truth� about the rich and the famous.
#*2000, David Naccache and Michael Tunstall, "How to Explain Side-Channel Leakage to Your Kids", in �etin K. Koç and Christof Paar (eds.), Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems � CHES 2000 (proceedings), Springer, ISBN 3-540-41455-X, page 229,
#*: A paparazzi is investigating the lives of a Royal <!-- [sic] caps --> couple.
#*2005, Jude Idada, "Ouch!", in A Box of Chocolates, Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1412020268, page 221,
#*:What if someone I know sees me? Or what if a paparazzi is lurking somewhere?
- context|nonstandard|uncountable Paparazzi taken as a group.
#*1989, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby, Viking, ISBN 0670825069, page 148,
#*:â��Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …â�� <!-- [sic] quotes, ellipsis, caps -->
#*2001, Geert Lovink, "The Rise and Fall of Dotcom Mania", in Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture, MIT Press (2002), ISBN 0262621800, page 354,
#*:Rather, the business paparazzi is armoring itself for a backlash campaign against the entrepreneurial big mouths.
#*2006, Kisha Green, And Even If I Did, iUniverse, ISBN 0595390137, page vi,
#*:Nelishia—You are a special lady with an enormous heart with skills that are off the chains!!! You go girl!!! A definite multi-tasking Diva!! Get your Chanel shades paparazzi is lurking…lol <!-- [sic] odd punctuation, including lack of terminal punctuation -->
Usage notes
This word is plural in Italian, with singular paparazzo#Italian|paparazzo, and this usage is reflected in standard English. The uses of paparazzi as a singular count noun and as a non-count noun are nonstandard.
Category:English pluralia tantum
Italian
Noun
paparazzi m plural
- plural of paparazzo#Italian|paparazzo
zh:paparazzi
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