Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 22:59:31 EDT

From: DMC Rogers rogers22[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JUNO.COM

Subject: Re: ...razzi/Buck House



Speaking of words used in the discussions of Princess Diana's death, I

noticed several people calling Buckingham Palace "Buck House." Does

anybody know anything about the origins of that or earlier uses?





On Sun, 31 Aug 1997 00:58:35 -0400 "Barry A. Popik" Bapopik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

writes:

Princess Diana is dead. I can't believe it.

David Shulman told me about his research into "paparazzi" (and

"paparazzo"). The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology is correct:



PAPARAZZO n., pl. PAPARAZZI, aggressive photographer who pursues

celebrities.

1961, American English, borrowing of Italian _paparazzo_, in allusion

to the

surname of a free-lance photographer in the Italian motion picture _La

Dolce

Vita_ (1959).