shutterbug

[ shuht-er-buhg ]

/ ˈʃʌt ərˌbʌg /

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noun Informal.

an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.

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Origin of shutterbug

First recorded in 1940–45; shutter + bug¹

I was thinking about retiring from modeling, but spending that time with them rekindled that bug.
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But is bug protein really any better than traditional protein sources, like chicken, or your go-to protein powder?
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Read on to find out what you need to know before whipping up bug-infused banana bread.
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Underneath, a miniature version of the bug-crazy man is revealed, himself thwacking away in an alternate dimension.
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Their company, Ready to Go Survival, sells prepacked survival, or “bug out,” bags and kits.
Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola|Nina Strochlic|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A very thin vacuum shutter forms a better interrupter of sound waves than a brick wall two or three feet in thickness.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
She partly opened the wooden shutter again and pointed to an upper story of the opposite building.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The men stood around bug-eyed and stared incredulously—all but High-Pockets.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
And once Mother Oriole found, caught in the shutter, little threads of Hepzebiah's hair.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
Both were bitten by the gambling bug in Saratoga and went West, not to grow up with, but to fairly conquer the country.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various