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  • Quirkie
    Apparently "paparazzo" has Greek origin, from papasaratsis, literally “priest-saddlemaker" and film maker Federico Fellini liked the name and gave it to a photographer character in the film La Dolce Vita. ... according to this site: http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-pap1.htm by etymolygist Michael Quinion. "paparazzi" is the (italian) plural of the word "paparazzo".
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