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May. 17, 2015

rubberneck \RUHB-er-nek\ verb 1. to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head. 2. to gawk at: The tieup was due to drivers rubbernecking an accident. Quotes Callie hadn't been any help; instead of navigating, she had frankly rubbernecked, bending towards Paul to peer out his window or hanging halfway out of her own to get a good look at someone's cavernous two-car garage or expensively landscaped lawn. -- James Hynes, Kings of Infinite Space, 2004 Origin Rubberneck is an Americanism that emerged in the late 1800s. It is formed from the words rubber and neck.

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