Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who lurks, hides, or keeps out of sight.
- n. An impostor; a cheap quack.
- n. One who turns his hand to any work; a jack of all trades.
Wiktionary
- n. Agent noun of lurk; one who lurks.
- n. archaic, UK, dialect A small fishing-boat.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who lurks.
- n. Prov. Eng. A small fishing boat.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone waiting in concealment
Etymologies
- lurk + -er, agentive suffix (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term lurker is not at all pejorative—it simply means you're reading blog content and following the conversation going on in the comments section of the post, but you don't participate often if at all.”
“I've been in lurker mode lately, too, and have been enjoying the "vacation".”
“Canadian lurker is right -- you have a lot more to think about at the voting booth than just gun rights.”
“I'm completely cool with lurkers, by the way also: hate the word lurker: I envision a pasty bearded man, maniac and crouched in yellow nylon shorts behind a bush No need to comment unless you want to, although I think every blogger does love comments, otherwise they'd just shut 'em off, or scrawl in an old-school diary, you know?”
“A mysterious lurker is noticed at the scene, but no evidence links him to the crime.”
“As a long-term lurker in the shadows of this esteemed Site and inspired in no small way by Legs's blog, I thought I would nail my own colours to the mast in my search for better health, fitness and a 36 inch or less waist line and start a blog on the subject!”
“Hey Guys, long term lurker but I had to throw my 2 cents in on this one.”
“i ask this in all sincerity as a medium term lurker and ocassional commenter and the odd Chris Walken post to as well – I feel, well, invested in the site and its well being.”
“Which is not to say you need to keep writing, just that I supposed I am what is called a lurker, reading sometimes, appreciating, thinking, but having nothing to add just yet.”
“You can be a silent reader—also called a lurker—or you can jump right into the conversation.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lurker’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Web Words to Know
Neologisms, portmanteau, and adapted words that pertain to the internet and technology.
blog, collective intell..., crowdsourcing, flash mob, follow friday, google, groundswell, hash tag, lifecasting, lurker, mashup, meme and 15 more...
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Favorites
disparage, partisan, cupidity, hokum, tussle, odious, dastardly, overture, plane, chronic, peering, peer and 328 more...
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haguremetaru's Words
floozy, mandalay, mandible, x, don't, will, ridiculous, funily, stuff, junk, doody, manning and 152 more...
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Fandom
fanfic, beta, fanboy, fangirl, fanfiction, fanficcer, spoiler, squeeing, shipping, shipper, ship, one true pairing and 130 more...
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Misdirector's Cut
Hey...
—> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> —> LOOK OVER THERE! —> —> —>
...sneaky, legerdemain, flimflam, unwittingly, clandestine, hornswoggle, sleveen, subversion, espionage, incognito, subreption, gank and 147 more...
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Words Words and more Words
ruckus, bustle, ominous, odious, abominable, atrocious, appal, abysmal, dismal, calamity, debacle, fiasco and 231 more...
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slang
fanfic slang, hacker jargon, Internet memes etc. that amuse me—mainly ones I might wish to incorporate as natural in my own writing
asamoth, beta, borg, bozo filter, canon rape, delurk, drabble, eated, eleven, facepalm, fangirl, fanon and 61 more...
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pwned
leetspeak, gamer jargon -- especially from world of warcraft -- and beyond.
owned, pwned, gibbed, frag, 1337, leet, hax, llama, ninja, camper, spawn, gank and 9 more...
Tweets
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dailyword An author on Fanfiction.net was named this. Sep 13, 2012
andrew.simone I think StarCraft's lukers imbalanced the game.
Still, it is a solid word. Dec 9, 2006
haguremetaru lurker:
1.Coolest unit in StarCraft:Brood War.
2.people who only read, but never post in forums.
3.you? Dec 9, 2006