busybody

• “If one is called a busybody, it is a negative character assessment.”

  The Huffington Post: Lynn Casteel Harper: The Elimination Of Busy: The Spiritual Discipline Of Being Present

• “Regarding the mother of my neighbour, apparently, the busybody is actually living in her daughter’s house and the daughter, who has lived here for many years, knows the rules and has been more than happy to report other people who have had guests staying longer than they should.”

  2010 June « Mudpuddle

• “Though he is too great and important to be called a busybody, we still feel sympathetically something of the suppressed irritation and sense of hindrance and interruption with which the lords must have regarded this companion with his "devout imaginations," whom they dared not neglect, and who was sure to get the better in every argument, generally by reason, but at all events by the innate force of his persistence and daring.”

  Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets

• “I see "busybody" syndrome isn't just an affliction of estadounidenses.”

  Volunteerism in Mexico?

• “Considering that, except for those for whom it has religious component, the pros and cons seem about equally balanced - it strikes me as a "busybody" issue.”

  Just a little off the top, thanks

• “The principle of the periscope is the same as that of the "busybody," familiar to householders, and which is placed on the sill of an upper window, so that a person inside the house may see who is at the front door.”

  Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights

• “People are freely choosing not to have as many kids as previous generations; to argue that they are making the wrong decision seems like exactly the kind of busybody interference into private lives that libertarians normally deplore.”

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• “Her name is Quidnunc, which is a Latin word for "busybody".”

  AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories

• “There should be pride in being a "busybody" when it comes to looking after where we live, it said.”

  British Blogs

• “Welcome to the first installment of Thanks for Sharing, a gossip column that's filled with information you really don't need to know -- the kind of busybody hearsay that you will only care about if you're a”

  Vice Magazine

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