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<<The earliest citation I can find in a few seconds of research is the
following:

1982 William Safire in _N.Y. Times_ 28 Feb. (Nexis)  A person whose
curiosity causes him to slow traffic is called a rubber-necker in Texas, a
gonker in Detroit and a lookie-lou in L.A.  Such obstructive gaping is
called gaper's block in Denver.

Fred Shapiro>>


No one has mentioned "gawking" and "gawkers" in this discussion. That's how
I've always referred to it. Am I alone in this?



Joe Pickett