peoplerazzi
n.— «Professional athletes are lavishly pampered and provocatively paid in our culture. They are pestered by the peoplerazzi—intrusive autograph hounds and hero worshipers who never let up.» —“When Legends Tour Arrives, Cardinals Take Notice” by Dan O’Neill St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) Mar. 9, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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