[Ads-l] Verb: papped - photographed by a member of the paparazzi

[Nancy Friedman]

I investigated "to pap" (and its migration to the US) in May 2022, after
the death of the well-known paparazzo Ron Galella.

https://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2022/05/word-of-the-week-paparazzo.html

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 4:14 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The verb “to pap” is new to me, but it is already in the OED.
>
> [Begin OED excerpt]
> pap, v.3
> slang (originally and chiefly British).
> transitive. Of a paparazzo: to photograph. Frequently in passive. Also
> in extended use.
> 1993   Sunday Tel. 14 Nov. 13   The Swedish crown princess, who is 16
> and has 'never been papped', comes cheap.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Here is a citation from two years earlier.
>
> Date: June 15, 1991
> Newspaper: Daily Mirror
> Newspaper Location: London, England
> Article: Every dog has his day
> Quote Page 15, Column 5
> Database: British Newspaper Archive
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> The Queen, it has been said, doesn't like being "papped" on her own estate.
> If you remember, certain over-zealous royal flunkeys were sounding off
> about pictures of HM taking her corgis for a walk in the snow at
> Windsor Castle ...
> [End excerpt]
>
> I encountered the word in an article about Greta Gerwig's upcoming
> movie "Barbie". The leads Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were filming
> exterior shots in Los Angeles when pictures leaked of the duo wearing
> vibrant roller skating outfits.
>
> Date: September 20, 2022
> Website: PopSugar
> Article: Margot Robbie Says She Was “Mortified” by Leaked “Barbie” Photos
> Author: Chandler Plante
>
> https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/margot-robbie-barbie-leaked-photos-48955475
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> While social media seemed mostly overjoyed by the over-the-top
> fashion, Robbie said it's the fact that so many people saw her Barbie
> character out of context that really took her by surprise. When Fallon
> asked her if she ever expected such a viral response, she replied
> honestly. "I mean, I knew that we had some exteriors to shoot in L.A.
> I knew once you were doing exteriors, you're gonna get papped."
> [End excerpt]
>
> Garson
>
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