Heard this one? (from the local paper, two days ago)

The circus that follows Paris Hilton almost everywhere was out in full force Friday at Superior Court here, with hangers-on toting signs and dancing jigs before the judge's ruling to return her to jail reduced most to stunned silence. "Oh no," "Melrose" Larry Green muttered softly, shaking his head at the news that the celebutante was heading back to the slammer for violating her probation on a reckless driving conviction.

This has been used fairly recently to describe rich popular heiresses who are celebrities. Pretty much only describes Paris and Nicki Hilton, Nicole Richie, and one or two others.

I don't care about Paris, but the term "celebutante" makes me wonder about a private term of mine.

Does someone who practices disengenuity get referred to as a "disengenue" ?

Bob

À mon avis, "celebutant/e" would be the perfect word to describe these "disingenues" (thank you BobKberg harhar) whose parents enter them in pageants or ply them with lessons then line them up at "American Idol", with nothing other in their vapid heads but to find a shortcut to celebrity.

Bob, you do like to develop new words, don't you? A few hours ago I was looking up pedocide.