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Paparazza vs Paparazzi - What's the difference?

paparazza | paparazzi |

As nouns the difference between paparazza and paparazzi

is that paparazza is a female paparazzo while paparazzi is .

paparazza

English

Noun

  • A female paparazzo.
  • * 1981 : Francine du Plessix Gray, World Without End: A Novel , page 149{1} & 150{2} (Simon and Schuster; ISBN 0671427865, 9780671427863)
  • {1} This Sophie he often talks to her about, who helps support her old sick parents so nobly and has just won a big prize for her writing, how did she go about finding herself as a paparazza ?
    {2} she might eventually interview Henry Miller there; she could begin her career as a paparazza that way…
  • * 1991 : Barry Brummett, Rhetorical Dimensions of Popular Culture , page 122 (University of Alabama Press; ISBN 0817305165, 9780817305161)
  • Eventually the harried waitress turns paparazza and drives them out with flashbulbs.
  • * 1992 : Judith Gould, Forever , page 208 (Dutton; ISBN 0525934952, 9780525934950)
  • “Keeping her away from us will only rouse her interest all the more,” Zarah stated flatly. “Especially if she turns out to be a journalist or a paparazza . Worse yet, who knows? She could even be a spy working for our competitors.”
  • * 1996 (Jun.): Judy Collins, Shameless: A Novel , page 116 (Pocket Star Books; ISBN 0671892347, 9780671892340)
  • “How’s my favorite paparazza ?” Stan said, grabbing me around the waist in an embrace that threatened to squash my cameras between us.
  • * 1996 (Dec.): Kevin J. H. Dettmar and Stephen Watt, Marketing Modernisms: Self-promotion, Canonization, Rereading , page 146 (University of Michigan Press)
  • Thus at the moment when Joyce is most transparent, when he is most evidently the modernist alienated artist as flâneur'', he is also most the star, the object of the ''paparazza ’s intrusive camera.
  • * 1998 : Kai Maristed, Belong to Me: Stories , page 67 (Random House; ISBN 0679444106, 9780679444107)
  • “Have we a delegate of the press? La paparazza , in hot pursuit? Or ambush … Oh, my dear girl, nasty scratch.”
  • * 2003 : Matthew Lee, Predatory Bender: America in the Aughts, a Story of Subprime Finance — with a non-fiction advocates’ afterword , page 199 (Inner City Press; ISBN 0974024414, 9780974024417)
  • Bain wouldn’t return her calls but she knew where he worked. She was not a paparazza but stories were made, not given. Even dead stories could be used to dig around.
  • * 2004 : Alison Jolly, Lords and Lemurs: Mad Scientists, Kings with Spears, and the Survival of Diversity in Madagascar , page 255] ([http://houghtonmifflinbooks.com/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; ISBN 0618367519, 978-0618367511)
  • “When did your brother die?”
    “A month ago.” Well, that explained Valiotaky’s appearance. It was taboo for him to wash his clothes or shave until his brother was buried. But even with the backing of Tsiaketraky, the Father-and-Mother, I was troubled. Was I really going to be a horrible paparazza , intruding on a family of strangers in their mourning?
  • * 2005 : Roz Bailey, Girls’ Night Out , page 23 (Kensington Publishing Corporation; ISBN 0758201990, 9780758201997)
  • “I think that would be paparazza ,” Maggie corrected. “Singular, feminine. But you say that as if it’s a religious cult or something.”
  • * 2006 : Robert Eversz, Zero to the Bone: A Nina Zero Novel , page 171 (Simon & Schuster; ISBN 0743250176, 9780743250177)
  • I know, I’m only a paparazza' scum, but the newspaper’s lawyers insist I’m ' paparazza scum with constitutional rights

    paparazzi

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia paparazzi) (-) plural and, nonstandardly, singular
  • English plurals; 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,
  • “Do you know how many paparazzi stalk those midtown hotels? […]”
  • Used as a .
  • * 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 Çetin 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 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?
  • (nonstandard, uncountable) Paparazzi taken as a group.
  • * 1989, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby , Viking, ISBN 0670825069, page 148,
  • “Tell Page that PAPARAZZI is here, in my apartment. And then tell her that their offices are right across from us …”
  • * 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

    Derived terms

    * mamarazzi * paparazzification

    See also

    * Nikon choir English pluralia tantum ----