fame digger
- noun
- /feɪm ˈdɪɡər/
- Offensive
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buscador de fama (informal, despectivo)
- Many reality TV contestants are dismissed as nothing more than fame diggers by the public.
Examples
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The tabloids accused her of being a fame digger after she started dating the movie star.
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He insisted he was not a fame digger, but genuinely interested in the project.
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That actor is just a fame digger!
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Many fame diggers will do anything for attention.
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Many reality TV contestants are dismissed as nothing more than fame diggers by the public.
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The tabloids accused her of being a fame digger after she started dating the movie star.
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Many fame diggers will do anything for attention.
Synonyms
2
7.6
A person who tries hard to get public or media attention
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9.9
A person who wants people to notice them too much
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9.1
A person who tries hard to get attention from the media in an obvious way to become more famous
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9.9
A person who tries too hard to get attention from many people
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7.9
A person who shows off to get attention
A person who becomes famous through social media or reality TV
A person who uses flashy tricks to get public attention for a show or product
Antonyms
How Fame-Seeking
Surface Forms
Morphology
fame + digger
The noun 'fame' is literal but 'digger' requires seeing 'dig for' as a metaphorical ‘seek’ and recognizing the agentive -er pattern (as in 'gold digger'). The overall sense 'someone who seeks fame' is inferable by analogy and metaphor but relies on figurative extension and cultural analogy, so a B1 learner might guess it but not fully predict it without exposure.
Etymology
The noun fame digger plays on the idea of a gold digger: instead of digging for gold, this person digs for fame by chasing attention and famous people. So it means 'a person who seeks attention or fame'.