1. 21 I elbowed my way through the nosey parkers gossiping in the yard and ran home to tell Dad my good news.

2. Busybody - a person who meddles in the affairs of others nosey-parker , nosy-parker , quidnunc meddler - an officious annoying person who interferes with others

3. Paul’s solution for the Busybodies in Timothy’s church is the same solution for nosey people today: find something profitable to do (1 Timothy 5:14)

4. ‘Much Ado about nothing, maybe, but when it comes to nosey and cynical journalists, few believe there can ever be smoke without fire.’ ‘In my view, this is a severe case of much Ado about very little.’