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stalkerazzi

Date: Aug 18 2004

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Unless somebody has the guts to carry this through legally, somebody’s going to get killed through these chases… It’s about time that somebody did something about these stalkerazzi”.
Justin Timberlake, speaking about his recent court battle with a very determined photographer.

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

As a native speaker of English and a person who really digs languages, I think that the coining of words is so cool. What is coining? That is when you make up a word and use it for the first time. I am pretty sure that Justin Timberlake coined this word, which is a combination of the words “stalker” and “paparazzi”. A member of the stalkerazzi is a photographer, who follows you around like a stalker. I’ve never heard it before. Very clever!

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

I guess since this is a new word, we will have to use our imaginations to talk about where it would be used. I think that famous people would use it because they are always being followed, or stalked, by photographers, or paparazzi. You might also use this if you were at a wedding or an event where the photographers followed you around.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

””At the fashion show, the models were being followed closely by the stalkerazzi. They never got a free moment.”“

””My wedding photographer was like a member of the stalkerazzi. We never got a moment alone. Each kiss was part of the photo shoot.”“

””Hey, look! It’s Michael Jackson! And there’s the stalkerazzi right behind him.”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

Stalkerazzi is Stalker + Paparazzi. A person who chase you so hard just to get a picture of you and sell it for money.
by Kaewta (Bangkok, Thailand)
i think as the ’’stalk’‘means following&watching smb over a long period of time in a way that is annoying , he may want to mean to describe that ’’ paparazzi’‘as a stalking paparazzi..with the term stalkerazzi..
by ogün (samsun, Türkiye!..)
“Stalkerazzi” here are referring to the freelance photographers who doggedly pursue celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. Same meaning like “Paparazzi”.
by Sherry (ShenZhen, China)
i think it is someone who dogging their every move,and following famous people around all the time .and just like that someone “stalk”someone
by forwardmin (taiyuan, china)
A stalkerazzi seems to be a phtographer who peeks and chases the famous singers and people to take pictures of them and get gossip informations for money.
by Portia (Hualian, Taiwan)
they try to kille him
by mogaji umar (lagos , nigeria)
I think this word probably means disturbing things did by photographers or other news men(acctually we have a very vivid word to describe this group of persons in Chinese while I don’t know its counterpart in English)
by Maggie (ZZ, China)
I guess this word means:A person who is a amusements report.Their jobs are finding somehting about the stars.They always tail after the stars,find something about the stars personal life.
by Kosi (Guangzhou, China)
i think it means something troublesome and inconvenient
by Bashionen (yzh, china)
i think as the ’’stalk’‘means following&watching smb over a long period of time in a way that is annoying , he may want to mean to describe that ’’ paparazzi’‘as an stalking paparazzi..with the term stalkerazzi..
by ogün (samsun, Türkiye!..)
_Stalkerazzi_s” is a blend of “stalkers” with “paparazzi”. They are photographers or people who keeps following or contacting famous people in an annoying or frightening way.
by Matilda (Taipei, ROC)
I think it points to those journalist who like chasing every celebraties and watching their every move.
by Shirley (hangzhou, China)
“stalkerazzi” means something done without legal specified allowance or protection
by YU (Dalian, China)
_stalkerazzi_s means those reporters or photograhers who chase famous people and take picture of them.
by clever (Shanghai, cn)
Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission.
by Rolando (Monterrey, Mexico)
i think he’s referring to those photographers as stalkerazzi_s. so _stalkerazzi means something unpleasant or that you don’t want.
by gf (taiyuan, china)