Meanings
comparative more Zapruderian · superlative most Zapruderian
- uncommonmeticulous; obsessed
Now, online critics began to examine Ms. Hollis’s words, gestures and history in Zapruderian detail.
2021 April 29, Katherine Rosman, “Girl, Wash Your Timeline”, in The New York Times, →ISSN3 more examples
We play and replay the last tinked-up note at the end of the solo, Zapruderian—cold as hell in my primer-coated van.
2003, Daniel Nester, God Save My Queen: A Tribute, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 79Films existed of the fight which, analyzed in Zapruderian detail, had more or less resolved the question.
2010 October 17, Roger Ebert, “The storyteller and the stallion”, in RogerEbert.comTeddy's death gets replayed from all available angles on my monitor. I watch with Zapruderian intensity. Here's the frame where my too-open posture made them squirm.
2016, Steven Amsterdam, The Easy Way Out, Quercus, →ISBN
Origin
From Zapruder + -ian, named after Abraham Zapruder (1905–1970).
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