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paparazzo (noun):
: a freelance photographer who aggressively pursues celebrities for the purpose of taking candid photographs
Source : Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology : 1961, from Italian Paparazzo (plural paparazzi) surname of the freelance photographer in Federico Fellini’s 1959 film “La Dolce Vita.” The surname itself is of no special significance in the film; it is said to be a common one in Calabria, and Fellini is said to have borrowed it from a travel book, “By the Ionian Sea,” in which occurs the name of hotel owner Coriolano Paparazzo.
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