Rubbernecking

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  • n. The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
  • n. Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
  • v. Present participle of rubberneck.
  • Word Usage
    "But perhaps this is what makes for such great literature -- the same energy experienced in rubbernecking at an auto wreck and recounting the horrors at a dinner party the following week; no need to work on the first response team, or in the O.R., because we, as readers and writers, like to keep our distance while pretending to understand."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tourist    holidaymaker    tourer    looker    watcher   
    Cross Reference
    leatherneck    roughneck    redneck   
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