The Word Celebrity

[albaqwerty]

gets bandied about quite often.
What is a celebrity?
Some are famous for marrying a footballer, some are famous for being Pip Middleton, neither, imo, are celebrities.
A rather over-used word don't you think?

[tonyav]

Yes it is ah wench, especially on I'm a celebrity get me out of here.

[sandyRoe]

X Factor celebrity today, dole queue nonentity tomorrow. I agree, it is a much overused word

[ladybirder]

Completely devalued word. I would be insulted to be called one. Not that anybody would of course ...

[2sp_]

I agree.

Surely you should actually have some sort of recognised talent before you can truly be called a celebrity.

Just because you married/slept with/went to school with a 3rd rate footballer doesn't mean we should see you on on the cover of our magazines, or be interested in your bottom.

[shoota]

On the other hand.....

[Baldric]

And then of course we have the celebs in 'I'm a celebrity'

whoever told them that?

[2sp_]

"I'm a Celeb..." really should be called "My Career is in the toilet, please make me popular".

Saying that, I do watch it with glee when these non-entities suffer and struggle.

[albaqwerty]

I have so gone off that word. For example, Bette Davis, Liz Taylor famous actresses,

I'm having a semi-rant, Celebrities, someone who should be celebrated. But for what?

(Ignore me, it's Friday :-) )

[2sp_]

I still have no idea what exactly the Kardashians (sp) "do"?

I sometimes see these celeb mags at the dentists or hairdressers. I usually only know about 3 people in them.

[tonyav]

Go and have a bar of chocolate alba, you'll be fine then.

[DTCwordfan]

I agree - over-hackneyed expression that makes many of their heads expand three times from the normal.

[DTCwordfan]

tony - there could be murder on the cards...I am trying to avoid eating a bar and, as such, look at the chocolate thread......

[albaqwerty]

Don't start me on brave and heroic when they talk about overpaid fottballers!!

Footballers, but I can be bothered to correct it :-D

[tonyav]

Why are trying to avoid eating choc, DT ?.

[2sp_]

Now, footballers!

Just overgrown schoolboys playing a game that most folk grow out of. How are these men "national heroes"!!!

<Ducking for cover>

[B00]

"some are famous for being Pip Middleton"

How many? Won't it be confusing if they all attend the same celebrity bash?

;-)

[Old_Geezer]

A celeb is someone who can claim to be well known (there are different grades a-list, b-list, etc, depending on how well known or otherwise) for doing little save maybe a little entertaining: sometimes not even that.

[douglas9401]

BOO, there's the woman, that's one, and her bahookie although it got more coverage in the early days. :)

bahookie: Scots slang for bum.