Addictionary Word of the Day: Tabloitering

What does it mean to "tabloiter"?

By Jefferson Reid Dec 27, 2008 6:41 PMTags
PaparazziAP Photo/ Nick Ut

If you've ever hung out on the Hollywood club scene, you've probably witnessed today's word, tabloitering.

That's when you see a bunch of stalkarazzi lingering outside a hot spot, trying to ambush a star on the way in or out to sell the pix to a tabloid. And when there's even the tiniest morsel of celebrity present, you'll see these paparatz scurry in a hurry.

We've got a secondary definition we'd like to add: idling at the supermarket checkout line, soaking up as much tabloid gossip as you can without having to buy any of the magazines. That's tabloitering, too, in our book.

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