nosy parkern.

Brit.

/ˌnəʊzɪ ˈpɑːkə/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊzi ˈpɑrkər/

Forms: 1900s– nosey parker, 1900s– nosy parker. Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: nosy adj., proper name Parker.

Etymology: Apparently < nosy adj. + the surname Parker. Compare (especially earlier) allusive use as a proper name, apparently with reference to a (probably fictitious) individual taken as the type of someone inquisitive or prying (as perhaps also in quot. 1907):1890 Belgravia Mag. May 81 You're a askin' too many questions for me, there's too much of Mr. Nosey Parker about you.1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxi. 217 ‘I saw you go off with a fellah.’ ‘What of it, Mr. Nosy Parker?’1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh v. 163 ‘But Nosey Parker is what I call him,’ she said. ‘He minds everybody's business as well as his own.’1966 P. Ritchie Protagonist 188 Well you can take it from me, Mr. Nosy Parker, you're not going to know.2000 R. J. Green Daggers (2001) 28 ‘Mrs Parker rang me—’ ‘I've told you. So what? Nosy Parker rings you up. So what?’

colloquial.

An overly inquisitive or prying person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in

pryer1552

peeper1607

poker1608

Paul Pry1826

snooper1889

nosy parker1896

stickybeak1917

nosy1931

curtain-twitcher1940

prodnose1965

1896 Daily News 21 Oct. 3/5 If the complainant had not been ‘such a Nosey Parker’, she would have escaped from the row.

1907 Picture Post Card (London View Co. Ltd.) (caption) The adventures of Nosey Parker.

1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xxx. 302 A rodent, a nasty, acute little man of the Nosey Parker genus.

1950 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 Apr. 6/6 I sit here awaiting the census-taker's pop-call, reduced to panic as I review the possibility of a nosy-parker in thug's clothing, who..perchance may mulct me of the Hope diamond.

1963 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 Sept. 9/2 My left side—my favourite sleeping side, if any nosy parker would like to know.

1966 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times V. 157 The original ‘nosy parker’..was one who played Peeping Tom to love-making couples in Hyde Park.

1974 ‘D. Craig’ Whose Little Girl are You? i. 19 All nosey parkers in this street.

1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. iv. 250 You must'nt think I am being a nosy Parker, but I believed you would wish me to know.

1993 J. Kay Other Lovers 52 Some ugly nosy Parker looked up, some pain-in-the neck village golfer.

Derivatives

nosy ˈparkerdom n. rare = nosy parkerism n.

ΚΠ

1969 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 18 Goodness knows what all this massive exercise in nosey parkerdom is costing in terms of printing, manpower, administration, etc.

nosy ˈparkerishness n. = nosy parkerism n.

ΚΠ

1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xi. 118 Asking questions..out of..nosey-parkerishness.

1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 Sept. 33 It smacks of nosey-parkerishness.

nosy ˈparkerism n. the exercise of persistent questioning, the display of inquisitive behaviour.

ΚΠ

1932 H. Williams in Hansard Commons 262 1359/2 What I call the modern spirit of ‘nosey-parkerism’ in legislation and administration.

1999 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 2 Apr. 5 The sore chest is merely a symptom of an underlying chronic..nosy parkerism, a syndrome chiefly characterized by a seeming inability to mind one's own business.

nosy ˈparkery n. rare = nosy parkerism n.

ΚΠ

1961 Economist 4 Nov. 426/3 This kind of officious nosey-parkery gives the British immigration authorities a bad name.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nosy parker
释义	nosy parkern. Brit. /ˌnəʊzɪ ˈpɑːkə/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzi ˈpɑrkər/ Forms: 1900s– nosey parker, 1900s– nosy parker. Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Apparently from a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: nosy adj., proper name Parker. Etymology: Apparently < nosy adj. + the surname Parker. Compare (especially earlier) allusive use as a proper name, apparently with reference to a (probably fictitious) individual taken as the type of someone inquisitive or prying (as perhaps also in quot. 1907):1890 Belgravia Mag. May 81 You're a askin' too many questions for me, there's too much of Mr. Nosey Parker about you.1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxi. 217 ‘I saw you go off with a fellah.’ ‘What of it, Mr. Nosy Parker?’1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh v. 163 ‘But Nosey Parker is what I call him,’ she said. ‘He minds everybody's business as well as his own.’1966 P. Ritchie Protagonist 188 Well you can take it from me, Mr. Nosy Parker, you're not going to know.2000 R. J. Green Daggers (2001) 28 ‘Mrs Parker rang me—’ ‘I've told you. So what? Nosy Parker rings you up. So what?’ colloquial. An overly inquisitive or prying person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] > impertinent curiosity, prying > action of prying > person engaged in pryer1552 peeper1607 poker1608 Paul Pry1826 snooper1889 nosy parker1896 stickybeak1917 nosy1931 curtain-twitcher1940 prodnose1965 1896 Daily News 21 Oct. 3/5 If the complainant had not been ‘such a Nosey Parker’, she would have escaped from the row. 1907 Picture Post Card (London View Co. Ltd.) (caption) The adventures of Nosey Parker. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son xxx. 302 A rodent, a nasty, acute little man of the Nosey Parker genus. 1950 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 Apr. 6/6 I sit here awaiting the census-taker's pop-call, reduced to panic as I review the possibility of a nosy-parker in thug's clothing, who..perchance may mulct me of the Hope diamond. 1963 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 8 Sept. 9/2 My left side—my favourite sleeping side, if any nosy parker would like to know. 1966 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times V. 157 The original ‘nosy parker’..was one who played Peeping Tom to love-making couples in Hyde Park. 1974 ‘D. Craig’ Whose Little Girl are You? i. 19 All nosey parkers in this street. 1989 T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. iv. 250 You must'nt think I am being a nosy Parker, but I believed you would wish me to know. 1993 J. Kay Other Lovers 52 Some ugly nosy Parker looked up, some pain-in-the neck village golfer. Derivatives nosy ˈparkerdom n. rare = nosy parkerism n. ΚΠ 1969 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 18 Goodness knows what all this massive exercise in nosey parkerdom is costing in terms of printing, manpower, administration, etc. nosy ˈparkerishness n. = nosy parkerism n. ΚΠ 1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xi. 118 Asking questions..out of..nosey-parkerishness. 1994 Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 Sept. 33 It smacks of nosey-parkerishness. nosy ˈparkerism n. the exercise of persistent questioning, the display of inquisitive behaviour. ΚΠ 1932 H. Williams in Hansard Commons 262 1359/2 What I call the modern spirit of ‘nosey-parkerism’ in legislation and administration. 1999 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 2 Apr. 5 The sore chest is merely a symptom of an underlying chronic..nosy parkerism, a syndrome chiefly characterized by a seeming inability to mind one's own business. nosy ˈparkery n. rare = nosy parkerism n. ΚΠ 1961 Economist 4 Nov. 426/3 This kind of officious nosey-parkery gives the British immigration authorities a bad name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nosy parkerv. Brit. /ˌnəʊzɪ ˈpɑːkə/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzi ˈpɑrkər/ Forms: 1900s– nosey parker, 1900s– nosy-parker. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nosy parker n. Etymology: < nosy parker n. Compare earlier nosy park v., and also earlier nosy parkering n., nosy parkering adj. colloquial. rare. intransitive. = nosy park v. ΚΠ 1974 J. Cooper Women & Super Women 23 The social security ladies come nosy-parkering round. 1993 E. Galford Dyke & Dybbuk (BNC) 185 Nosey parkering round the piles of recently acquired books while her hostess goes off for a pee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1896v.1974
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nosy parkern.

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nosy parkerv.