lens louse

English

Noun

lens louse (plural lens lice)

  1. (journalism, slang, derogatory) A person who tries to get into photographs for the sake of publicity.
    • 1956, ABA Journal (volume 42, number 9, page 845)
      Not all the lens lice are in front of the camera. The old "front page" tradition still lingers in our business. There are enough bald-headed, cigar-smoking, visor-decked, hard-drinking city editors to keep the legend alive inside the newsroom.
    • 2013, Stuart Palmer, Nipped in the Bud
      Just lens lice for the society photographers.
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