Tuesday, March 2

The Research Begins

To begin this project I shall explore the context of what I am particularly focusing on.
This being the concept of 'THE CURTAIN TWITCHERS'.

Defined by URBAN DICTIONARY:


1.Suburban Curtain Twitch13 up, 3 down
Suburban Curtain Twitching is the act of standing in wait at the uppermost window in your domicile, and awiting for people to walk past so as you can give them a bad look, and hopefully be able to call the police if they are acting strange or dodgy in any way.
This type of activity is normally found in suburban areas, and most commonly of all is practiced by either old people and middle-aged men.
*Walking along a street, you look up at a window and notice that two of the curtains are slightly parted, letting someone peek between them. You point at them and tell your friends*
"Look at that Suburban Curtain Twitcher, the scum thinks we are up to no good"

OR

1.Curtain twitcher31 thumbs up
Someone with nothing better to do than to spy on their neighbours for signs of petty wrongdoing. A derogatory term for members of the neighbourhood watch and other such organisations.

The term refers to the only sign of their presence - curtains twitching in suburban dwellings as they peek out at whatever might be going on outside.

Has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality, except where homosexuality is illegal and thus something else for the curtain-twitchers to report to the authorities.
"Letting the deranged curtain twitcher at Snout’s Cottage gather “intelligence” about her neighbours reminds me of East Germany before the Wall came down."

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