Oz Vocabu-slang #2

Stickybeak

1. (noun) a busy body.
2. (verb) to pry or to snoop.

This is one of my favourite pieces of Aussie slang. I don't know why. Perhaps it is the funny image of a person with a long beak that pops into my head when I hear it. Maybe it is the way it pops off the tongue (Say it, you'll see).