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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a busybody" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is overly interested in the affairs of others, often in a meddlesome or intrusive way.
Example: "She was labeled a busybody for constantly prying into her neighbors' personal lives."
Alternatives: "nosy person" or "meddler".
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Because maybe I'm just a busybody.
"I'd like everybody to become a busybody," he said.
By then, a busybody town had come to a quiet.
But it looks as though it is going to be a busybody.
Marc Fiore, 45, said he thought of Mr. Spengler as "kind of a busybody".
That fiend who broke into Joy Reid's blog and tarnished her good name is a busybody.
"I'm just like a busybody trying to keep myself busy," she said.
It was unfortunate that Pedro Consuegra's antic but seldom imaginative choreography made her character a busybody.
She's Frances, a busybody who says that he can't even draw a straight line.
Each is utterly self-absorbed, none more so than a busybody named Duncan Yeardon who lives in a nearby building.
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But when Sophie crosses paths with Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert), a post office employee in a nearby village, a disgruntled busybody, they form a bond with consequences neither could predict at the outset.
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