Smart doorbells are the (currently) acceptible version of a constanly twitching lace curtain.
curtain twitcher
someone who is very interested in what their neighbours (= people who live near them) are doing and tries to find out by looking out of the window without being seen:
curtain twitcher
someone who is very interested in what their neighbours (= people who live near them) are doing and tries to find out by looking out of the window without being seen:
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