paparazzi

1. pluralplural of paparazzo

   “Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]”

   2007, Stanley Hart, “Oh, Brother”, in Two Novellas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 99

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   A number of paparazzi had gate-crashed, as had a famous tennis-player and a couple of pop-singers.

   1985, Francis King, One Is a Wanderer: Selected Stories, Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 312

   A number of paparazzi were there to take pictures, clearly having received a further tip-off about the party’s movements.

   2004, Noel Botham, The Murder of Princess Diana, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 168

plural paparazzis

1. alternativecountableAlternative form of paparazzo.

   A paparazzi is investigating the lives of a Royal couple.

   2000, David Naccache, Michael Tunstall, “How to Explain Side-Channel Leakage to Your Kids”, in Çetin K. Koç, Christof Paar, editors, Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems — CHES 2000, Springer, →ISBN, page 229

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   The job of a paparazzi is, roughly, to ‘reveal the truth’ about the rich and the famous.

   1997, Eeva Joniken, Soile Veijola, “The Disoriented Tourist: The Figuration of the Tourist in Contemporary Cultural Critique”, in Chris Rojek, John Urry, editors, Touring Cultures: Transformations of Travel and Theory, Routledge, →ISBN, page 46

   What if someone I know sees me? Or what if a paparazzi is lurking somewhere?

   2005, Jude Idada, “Ouch!”, in A Box of Chocolates, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 221

2. uncountablePaparazzi taken as a group.

   Rather, the business paparazzi is armoring itself for a backlash campaign against the entrepreneurial big mouths.

   2001, Geert Lovink, “The Rise and Fall of Dotcom Mania”, in Dark Fiber: Tracking Critical Internet Culture, MIT Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 354

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   “Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …”

   1989, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby, Viking, →ISBN, page 148

   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

   2006, Kisha Green, And Even If I Did, iUniverse, →ISBN, page vi