I see "busybody" syndrome isn't just an affliction of estadounidenses. From Wordnik.com. [Volunteerism in Mexico?] Reference
The word busybody means troublemaker or agitator. From Wordnik.com. [Chuck Musselwhite] Reference
Her name is Quidnunc, which is a Latin word for "busybody". From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Kalau tak terlalu "busybody" boleh saya bertanya, nape tak. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for Kecek-kecek Tok Mudin 3.0] Reference
There should be pride in being a "busybody" when it comes to looking after where we live, it said. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
"busybody," which show those in a room what is going on on the street. From Wordnik.com. [The Exploits of Elaine] Reference
He thought you a busybody, that's what, Bandy-legs. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island] Reference
"I don't think so, and don't be a busybody," Clara said. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
His busybody influence only fueled her various paranoias. From Wordnik.com. [Diana's Final Heartbreak] Reference
We are not troubled by the suspicion that some busybody of. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
It also brings back Kathy Bates, as their busybody neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [A ‘Titanic’ Class Reunion] Reference
If Janet was a busy soul, she was just as certainly a busybody. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
I never did get used to busybody priests telling me how to behave. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
The dork -- I mean busybody is then set straight with these facts. From Wordnik.com. [High Fructose Corn Syrup: How Sweet It Is?] Reference
You will give our friends here the impression that I am a busybody. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
He says, "we're not going to get jobs with a busybody EPA that's in our way.". From Wordnik.com. [John DeCock: Don't Drink the Tea! Vote and Be Active in the 2010 Elections] Reference
I was playing a woman named Mary Worthless who just was just a nosy busybody. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2002] Reference
"Oh, she told you about that, did she, the meddling busybody!" he answered coolly. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Was he playing the social worker, the psychologist, or just some generic busybody?. From Wordnik.com. [Butchers Hill]
So far we've got Santa is a morbidly obese busybody who likes cookies with aliases. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2007] Reference
Thom, himself bleary, was hovering, a dear busybody, taking Rhyme's blood pressure. From Wordnik.com. [The Coffin Dancer]
But when challenged, the busybody cannot articulate anything wrong about corn syrup. From Wordnik.com. [High Fructose Corn Syrup: How Sweet It Is?] Reference
No one in authority knew about the tweet until some busybody decided to report Chambers. From Wordnik.com. [Twitter and terrifying tale of modern Britain] Reference
And now there's that yarn that some careless busybody started about Nanny Turner being left. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
Her mother was the busybody watcher of kindergartners, whereas Ruth was in the first grade!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bonesetter's Daughter]
Remember the warning given regarding heeding the advice of every busybody just at this time. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
You are an interfering old busybody, 'laughed Bilbo,' but I expect you know best, as usual. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
So it passed; but a busybody carried this, with other tattle, to Mr Swift, who questioned me also. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
If you can't, then face it, you are a busybody poking your nose into affairs which do not concern you. From Wordnik.com. [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference
SANCHEZ: You don't want to be a busybody and you don't want to be snooping into your neighbor's business. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2007] Reference
Some officious busybody member of a Human Rights Commission (I think it was in Ontario) said something similar. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It's Sun Shuqing, a 50-year-old retired factory worker who is the neighborhood's Communist Party-approved busybody. From Wordnik.com. [Crushing An Epidemic] Reference
Naturally, all this gave rise to endless talk; what prattling little busybody but would relish so succulent a morsel!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
I've read somewhere that you may even have to tell people if you had a neighbor who was just sort of a busybody or a pain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2006] Reference
This gives a caution to avoid meddling in other people's affairs or you may find yourself regarded as an unpleasant busybody. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
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