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nosey parker en · NOUN

Etymology

Unknown, 1890.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK, colloquial) An overly inquisitive or prying person.
   • Yer a lotta nosey parkers. 1991, Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life, London: Virago Press Ltd:

Forms

Relateds

interloper · gatecrasher · intruder · peeping tom · encroacher · backseat driver · buttinsky · persona non grata

Synonyms

stickybeak · buttinsky

Translations (28)

cy busnesgi (prying person) · cy busneswr (prying person) · cmn 八婆 (prying person) · ja おせっかい屋 (prying person) · sh њу̏шкало (prying person) · cy busnes pawb (prying person) · sh njȕškalo (prying person) · de elender Schnüffler (prying person) · bg любопитко (prying person) · fr fouinard (prying person) · de neugierige Nase (prying person) · ca manefla (prying person) · fi utelija (prying person) · pt enxerido (prying person) · scn curtigghiaru (prying person) · hu minden lében kanál (prying person) · nl nieuwsgierig Aagje (prying person) · fr fouinarde (prying person) · it ficcanaso (prying person) · es metiche (prying person) · es metomentodo (prying person) · mi ihu kurī (prying person) · hu kotnyeles (prying person) · ru любопы́тная варва́ра (prying person) · de Topfgucker (prying person) · pl ciekawski (prying person) · nrf futh'teux (prying person) · ga gobadán (prying person)

nosey parker en · VERB

Etymology

Unknown, 1890.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, slang) To snoop; to behave in an inquisitive manner.
   • The inspector opened his mouth to ask Fred what she had better tell, but Ivy flared, "We'd be out of business in no time if I nosey parkered on everyone I saw around at night." 1995, Anne Worboys, Village Sins, page 144:
   • "I don't want to 'nosey parker'," he said, "but police have got to be told if there's anything wrong..." 1944, Ernest Robertson Punshon, Secrets Can't be Kept, page 23:
   • Now, I must admit I love nosey parkering around houses. 2004, David Robinson, An Expat's Life, Luxembourg & the White Rose, page 123:
   • Alleyn is no dabbler or dilettante whose hobby is criminology and who nosey parkers around and chases ambulances to break the grip of boredom with a spot of adventure. 1979, LeRoy Lad Panek, Watteau's Shepherds: The Detective Novel in Britain, 1914-1940, page 189:

Forms

Deriveds

nosey-parkerism · nosey-parkerishness · nosey-parkery · nosey-parkering · nosey-parkerdom