LURKER

lurker, skulker, lurcher

(noun) someone waiting in concealment

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lurker (plural lurkers)

One who lurks.

(Internet) A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.

(archaic, UK, dialect) A small fishing-boat.

Source: Wiktionary


Lurk"er, n.

1. One who lurks.

2. A small fishing boat. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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