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Nosy Parker
nosy parker n informal a prying person [C20: apparently arbitrary use of surname Parker]Nos′y (or nos′y) Par′ker,
n. a persistently nosy person. [1905–10] Translations
nosy parker
nosy parkerA person who likes to meddle or pry into other people's lives. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I have to be careful about what I tell Betty because she's such a nosy parker that she'll bombard you with questions at the slightest provocation.See also: nosy, parkera nosey parker BRITISH, INFORMALA nosey parker is someone who wants to know too much about other people. Note: `Nosey' is sometimes spelled `nosy'. The village's resident nosey parker, Olive, likes to spy on her neighbours with binoculars. Supermarkets are a nosy parker's paradise. The contents of strangers' trollies tell us so much about their lives. Note: `Parker' may refer to Matthew Parker, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1559, and had a reputation for interfering in people's business. See also: nosey, parkera ˌnosy ˈparker (British English, informal, becoming old-fashioned) a person who is too interested in other people’s private lives: Our next door neighbour is a real nosy parker. He always has to know everything about everybody on our street.See also: nosy, parkernosey Parker verbSee nosy parkerSee also: nosey, Parkernosy parker and nosey Parker (ˈnozi ˈpɑrkɚ) n. a nosy person. (Also a term of address. No one really knows who or what parker is or was. It is an old expression, used in British and American English, at least. Some would like to derive it from nose-poker, but there is no record of the latter aver having been said.) Look, you nosy parker, mind your own business. See also: nosy, parkerNosy Parker
Nosy Parkerafter a meddlesome Elizabethan Archbishop of Canterbury. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 169]See: Curiosity |