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to make love to the camera

to make love to the camera

1 9.1
To look and act in a sexy way for a camera
  • idiom
  • NSFW
translation icon : seducir a la cámara
  • When he poses for photos, he always remembers to make love to the camera to create captivating images.

Examples

  • Some performers can make love to the camera.

    Fame (1980)

  • During the photoshoot, the model was instructed to make love to the camera to capture a more intimate expression.

  • She knows how to make love to the camera, drawing the viewer in with her seductive poses.

How Seductive

to make love to the camera
  • NSFW
1 9.1
to smile
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

make love to the camera infinitive
made love to the camera past
made love to the camera past participle
making love to the camera present participle
makes love to the camera third person singular

Morphology

make + love + to + the + camera

The phrase combines the familiar verb phrase 'make love to' (meaning to have sexual/romantic relations) with 'camera' (an inanimate device), so a learner who knows the parts can plausibly infer a non-literal, performative meaning of acting seductively toward the camera. However, this is a metaphorical extension of the literal sense and requires pragmatic inference to shift from a literal sexual act to a posed/affective performance, so the relation is not fully predictable.

Etymology

Make love to the camera comes from the way actors and models act as if they make love to the camera, giving soft looks and close, flirtatious poses. That's why it now means 'to pose in an intimate or flirtatious way'.