momarazzi
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]momarazzi pl (plural only)
- (humorous) A mother who takes an excessive amount of photos of her children.
- 2006, Michael Bamberger, The Man Who Heard Voices, Gotham Books, →ISBN, pages 129–130:
- Her mother was snapping pictures with wild abandon. When Cindy apologized for the "momarazzi," Night saw again the real Cindy—the one who needed to act, not just for the pay, but for others to hear her.
- 2013, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare, New York, N.Y.: Pedigree Books, →ISBN, page 186:
- The momarazzi describes moms who take so many pictures of their kids that they have a new album for every day, week, or month of their lives. They're documoms who specialize in photos of everyday life, like bath time or playtime or naptime. Momarazzis can't even determine which pictures are worth posting on Facebook anymore because they have hundreds and hundreds to choose from.
- 2015, Kristin Contino, The Legacy of Us: A Novel, Tempe, A.Z.: SparkPress, →ISBN, page 171:
- I'd made a mental note to step my fashion game up a notch moving forward, and bought a cute new chevron-print blouse before I left the store with my order in hand. All I needed was a few more hot stores like that—especially ones the Main Line momarazzi frequented—and I'd be set.
- 2017, Claudia Hunter Johnson, Hurtling Toward Happiness: A Mother and Teenage Son's Road Trip From Blues to Bonding in a Really Small Car, New York, N.Y.: Arcade Publishing, →ISBN, page 66:
- And later, Ross glaring into the camera, impatient with me, the Momarazzi—Enough with the pictures!—a string of pink taffy hanging out of his mouth.
- 2018 October 31, Paige Gawley, “Ellen DeGeneres Deserves the Final Rose for Her 'Bachelor' Contestant Costume”, in ET Online[1], archived from the original on 2023-03-24:
- "We call her the momarazzi because she takes too many photos, and I really thought we were going to get busted," Wilson continues. "Like someone was going to report us for just like driving really slowly up to kids and taking their photo, but we're just two Australian chicks wanting to learn about trick-or-treating."