lens louse

noun

A person who tries to get into photographs for the sake of publicity.

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Meanings

nounlens louse (plural lens lice)

plural lens lice

  1. derogatoryslangjournalismA person who tries to get into photographs for the sake of publicity.

    Just lens lice for the society photographers.

    2013, Stuart Palmer, Nipped in the Bud
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    Not all the lens lice are in front of the camera. The old "front page" tradition still lingers in our business. There are enough bald-headed, cigar-smoking, visor-decked, hard-drinking city editors to keep the legend alive inside the newsroom.

    1956, ABA Journal, volume 42, number 9, page 845
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