photobombn.
/ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)ˌbɒm/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌbɑm/ A photograph that has been spoiled by the presence of an unintended subject in the camera's field of view as the picture was taken (cf. photobombing n.).
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2008 Daily Herald (Chicago) 21 Aug. i. 15/4 Russian gymnast Anna Pavlova..could try to land a photobomb of herself mugging in the background of all those photos that will be taken of Phelps lugging around his gold.
2010 Guardian 22 Mar. (G2 section) 2/4 Even worse is the Facebook photobomb—when you turn up in the background of somebody else's photo doing something you shouldn't.
2013 Traverse-City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 24 July 6 a/3 In the birding world, they're saying it's the best photobomb in history.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
photobombv.
/ˈfəʊtə(ʊ)ˌbɒm/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌbɑm/ transitive. To spoil (a photograph) by appearing unexpectedly in the camera's field of view as the picture is taken, typically as a prank or practical joke. Also intransitive.
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2008 Comment 8 May in listoftheday.blogspot.co.uk 25 May (blog, accessed 26 Jan. 2015) Don't be surprised if sometime in the future some of your snapshots are photobombed.
2012 B. Getty Dads are Orig. Hipsters 112 Your dad photobombed before you did and his friends have the pictures to prove it.
2014 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 Nov. (Travel section) 13 On occasion, I'd have to break stride to let a tourist take a photo unobstructed. I didn't swear or tut or photobomb them.
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