nosiness

The idea of an editor at a Rupert Murdoch-owned publication scolding other journalists for nosiness may strike some as a bit rich.

I swear this unsavory habit has less to do with nosiness than it does with a lifelong enthusiasm for correspondence.

The question about what’s happening in Venus’s interior isn’t just a matter of neighborly nosiness.

Or just about anyone else, as we have a pandemic of rudely expressed nosiness.

His questions could be interpreted as anything from simple nosiness and misguided attempts at banter to coded age bias or harassment intended to make you uncomfortable.