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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.
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.
Describes the inherent tendency to falsely accuse someone of being compulsive, obsessive, or having a trait that does not really exist.
That quack of a doctor appears to have a dumbpulsive tendency to mis-diagnose patients.
Any person who provides false testimony in a willing and intentional manner.
All of the testimony by the lie-witness was eventually thrown out of court.
A police helicopter that is really cool.
I really love that movie "Blue Thunder", and especially the coppercopter that Roy Scheider, who coincidentally played the part of the Sherrif in the movie"Jaws" flew, and looped.
Someone who suspects that they are being watched or actually is under surveillance, who intentionally acts like a clown, or does something unique and unexpected to cause the folks watching to burst out in laughter, or to discuss the activity, to allow the person being watched to confirm their presence. Can also refer to a person who acts in this manner solely for the entertainment of the folks watching, and for himself of herself.
I acted like a snoop clown to get the folks that were looking at me through my window to laugh.