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Discover LudwigThe phrase "rubber neck" is correct and can be used in written English
It is a colloquial term that means to turn one's head to get a better look at something, often causing a delay or disruption. Example: The traffic on the highway was backed up for miles due to a group of drivers rubber necking at a car accident on the side of the road.
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Adds Tony Garland: "If I told Jimi to 'kiss my arse', he'd answer, 'You've got a rubber neck, do it yourself' with a sly grin.
Tailbacks on motorways form for numerous reasons – from drivers slowing down to "rubber neck" at an accident to something as simple as one car braking heavily.
Contort is a four-port USB hub and cord manager, with a 360-degree flexible rubber neck to protect all your USB devices from accidental damage.
A pleasing piece of design, although the amount of time that can be required to rubber neck the green circle into being vs the speed at which it then zips down and snaps a shot can feel rather out of balance.
Most people rubber neck.
And will the other person's DC's yell back sarcastically that my DC "needs glasses?" What if I want to rubber neck?
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They are the ones clogging the motorways with their rubber necks.
And I strongly suspect there aren't as many delays caused by "rubber necking" as they let on.
Inevitably, after all the build up, there was an element of rubber necking to it: Would the great athlete end up embarrassing himself?
We can all appreciate brilliance, but we've got rubber necks, too, and nothing captures our attention quite like a train wreck.
"We'll get Rubber Necks on Friday," she said, referring to a Bliss spa treatment to which she treats herself and her three-person staff after each Fashion Week, "and then maybe pass out".
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