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Usually refers to a private investigator, but describes anyone that uses some type of sophisticated equipment to peer into an unsuspecting individual's or family's home.
When I discovered the hidden surveillance cameras in my home, I felt somewhat violated, and realized that I might have fallen victim to a peeping Rockford.
The action performed by a group of people, in order to aggravate an individual or a different group of people. It is usually done with the intent to incite a reaction in a person, or otherwise lead the person into producing a behavior which can be filmed and used to misrepresent the person's true character. It usually motivated by greed, or dislike for a person, because the person is more wealthy, intelligent, witty, or somehow otherwise differs from them. It has been used in politics by media outlets and other organizations, and competing political groups.
The gang-stalkers, which included doctors and lawyers, intentionally and deceptively tried to stir up the individual and gangravate the person with the intent to incite or goad a reaction, which they could film and present in a court of law in order to misrepresent the true character of the person, and make earlier false testimony appear more plausible, believable, and acceptable.
The act of limiting or completely eliminating surveillance on a particular person, either by the folks performing the surveillance, or by someone on behalf of the person under surveillance, or by the person under surveillance himself or herself. Can also refer to the act of installing light-blocking shades in one's home, to prevent nosy neighbors or peeping Tom types from peering into their windows.
I was aware of some overly curious types looking at what I was doing on my laptop, so I desnooped them by working under a wool blanket.
A person involved in any type of law enforcement, that intervenes, going above and beyond the normal call of when he or she observes something truly wrong about to be done, as the result of systematic failure, typically preventing an innocent person or persons from being wrongly arrested, detained, or in any way negatively affected needlessly. It typically implies that the person has taken a risk to some extent, and was later indemnified and looked upon as a true hero of society, possibly being the first to leave footprints for others to follow in similar situations.
Officer McDonald is a true herocop for preventing a travesty of justice that would have otherwise occurred if the person's residence was needlessly visited or stormed to apprehend the person that was falsely accused.
The act of intentionally or in rare cases unintentionally irritating another person very soon after they get out of bed in the morning. Can also refer to someone that is known to perform this action frequently.
I really like my new girlfriend, although starting out the day is difficult with her as she can be a real mornag sometimes.
A false symptom, either a legitimate mistake, but also sometimes used deceptively by someone to trick others into believing that the person has a condition that does not really exist.
The person was trying to determine where the wood creaking noises were coming from, a clear case of a flymptom, as he was not looking around the room aimlessly as you described.
A court case, or lawsuit that is based on some trivial matter, or takes advantage of a flawed or loose law, usually motivated by greed, and implies some degree taking advantage of a simple accidental occurrence, for monetary gain
I still can't believe that we now have to look at that ridiculous "Caution Hot Coffee" message on some of our coffee cups, which is somewhat of an insult to one's intelligence, due to that darn flawsuit.