SIGHTSEEING

sightseeing, rubber-necking

(noun) going about to look at places of interest

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sightseeing (usually uncountable, plural sightseeings)

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

Verb

sightseeing

present participle of sightsee

Source: Wiktionary


Sight"-see`ing, a.

Definition: Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.

Sight"-see`ing, n.

Definition: The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 February 2025

PRESCRIPTIVE

(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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