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gongoozler, n. dial. and slang.|gɒnˈguːzlə(r)|
[Origin unknown; but cf. Lincolnshire dial. gawn ‘stare vacantly or curiously’, gooze (also goozen) ‘stare aimlessly, gape’ (E.D.D.).]
Originally, an idler who stares at length at activity on a canal; hence more widely, a person who stares protractedly at anything.
1904H. R. de Salis Bradshaw's Canals & Navigable Rivers Eng. & Wales 473 Gongoozler, an idle and inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the common. This word is believed to have its origin in the Lake District of England. 1906Daily Chron. 19 Feb. 10/1 Pronounced slowly and with the proper emphasis, ‘gongoozler’ merits a very high place in the vocabulary of opprobrium. 1973J. Gagg Canallers' Bedside Bk. 66 The great thing about gongoozlers is that once you have the gates closed and the paddles down you can leave them behind you. 1979Telegraph (Brisbane) 15 June 6/3 A gongoozler is one who stares for hours at anything out of the ordinary..like a visitor to the public gallery of the Queensland Parliament. 1986New Yorker 29 Sept. 48/2, I stopped off in the Galeana sports park..to watch a game on one of three huge outdoor screens that the city had supplied for gongoozlers like me. |