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Paparazzi vs Antipaparazzi - What's the difference?

paparazzi | antipaparazzi |

As a noun paparazzi

is .

As an adjective antipaparazzi is

opposing or countering paparazzi.

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 ----

    antipaparazzi

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Opposing or countering paparazzi.
  • * 2008 , Daniel J. Solove, Paul M. Schwartz, Privacy and the Media
    • The antipaparazzi laws, by focusing only on taking photographs and making sound recordings when done for commercial purposes and on the defendant photographer's profits, clearly target the press.