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Lynlianna Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
What do you call a person who intrudes (uninvited) on the privacy of others
One of you asked what we might call an individual who, uninvited, intrudes in the private lives of others.
We could call them a "buttinsky" (yes, it's in the Thesaurus and is a synonym for a gossiper). We might also call them a "meddler." Other ideas from the rest of you?
We could call them a "buttinsky" (yes, it's in the Thesaurus and is a synonym for a gossiper). We might also call them a "meddler." Other ideas from the rest of you?
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Hello Lynlianna No one seems to want to intrude on your thread... You could try: 1. Nosey Parker: 'the most hateful of all names in an English ear' (G.
- Hello Lynlianna No one seems to want to intrude on your thread...
- You could try: 1.
- Nosey Parker: 'the most hateful of all names in an English ear' (G.
- Orwell) 2.
- Snooper.
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Hello Lynlianna
No one seems to want to intrude on your thread...
You could try:
1. Nosey Parker: 'the most hateful of all names in an English ear' (G. Orwell)
2. Snooper.
3. Sticky-beak.
If more active:
4. Kibitzer ('one who looks on and often offers unwanted advice or comment especially at a card game; broadly : one who offer
No one seems to want to intrude on your thread...
You could try:
1. Nosey Parker: 'the most hateful of all names in an English ear' (G. Orwell)
2. Snooper.
3. Sticky-beak.
If more active:
4. Kibitzer ('one who looks on and often offers unwanted advice or comment especially at a card game; broadly : one who offer
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"Nosey Parker strikes me as very British" - I think Americans would just use "nosy" as an adjective. ("He's really nosy.") I've never even heard "sticky-beak" - I suspect it's also British. If you want a noun, how about "busybody"?
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Yes, "busybody."
As an American, I've not once ever in my life heard "Nosey Parker."
As an American, I've not once ever in my life heard "Nosey Parker."
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(1.) snooper [Google hits: 469,000]
a person who goes around secretly to peep.
(AmE) [1890]. snoop>snoepen (Dutch) taste food secretly.
(2.) kibitzer [Google hits: 262,000]
an onlooker of a card game, who seldom plays and gives to players unwanted advices.
(AmE) [1930] kibitzen (Yddish) look on at cards.
(3.) Nosey Parker [Goo
a person who goes around secretly to peep.
(AmE) [1890]. snoop>snoepen (Dutch) taste food secretly.
(2.) kibitzer [Google hits: 262,000]
an onlooker of a card game, who seldom plays and gives to players unwanted advices.
(AmE) [1930] kibitzen (Yddish) look on at cards.
(3.) Nosey Parker [Goo
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One of my favourites is 'rubberneck'; an overly inquisitive person. You often find hoards of rubberneckers rubbernecking at traffic accidents.
'Meddler' is also very common; an officious annoying person who interferes with others.
'Meddler' is also very common; an officious annoying person who interferes with others.
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