lurker

noun
/ˈlɜː.kə/UK/ˈlɝ.kɚ/US

Etymology

From lurk + -er, agent suffix.

  1. derived from *lūrukōną — “to be lying in wait, lurk
  2. derived from *lúrka
  3. inherited from lurken
  4. suffixed as lurker — “lurk + er

Definitions

  1. One who lurks.

  2. A user who observes a community rather than participating

    A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.

    • However, less than half of lurkers went online that often. Those who post also are more likely than lurkers to use the Internet for both work and pleasure. Posters use the Internet to communicate more with others than lurkers do.
    • It’s not unusual for people to join video calls with their camera off and microphone muted, but such lurkers can at least be called upon to speak.
  3. A small fishing-boat.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An impostor

      An impostor; a quack.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lurker. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA