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Water Lurk 

the waiter or waitress at fancier restaurants that lurks around with her/his pitcher of water, ready to attack any innocent glasses that seem to be empty to him/her even if they are full to normal people. Water Lurks often result in the customer jumping out of their seat in surprise at the sudden face of a water lurk beside them without warning, causing spillage.
There was a water lurk at the new restaurant in town, she was on the prowl.
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Parking Lurk

When a car follows you while you're walking through a crowded parking lot, driving slightly behind you to your parking spot, just to steal your spot.
I almost called the police because some creeper was following me, but he was just doing the parking lurk.
Parking Lurk by C-Merx February 4, 2010

Cyber lurk

To pass away time online, trawling through forums and tube sites, looking to gain sexual information or images.
There was no work today, so I stayed home and had a cyber lurk.
Cyber lurk by Porngoggles August 24, 2015

Cyber lurk

To pass away time online, trawling through forums and tube sites, looking to gain sexual information or images.
There was no work today, so I stayed home and had a cyber lurk.
Cyber lurk by Porngoggles August 24, 2015

Panic lurk 

This is when you’re in a ZOOM/video meeting with people you don’t know well (usually during a pandemic) and you’re bored so you want to leave. You don’t really know how to exit gracefully, so you get all anxious and continue to hang out: the “panic lurk”.
My friend just had a Zoom Bday party and I didn’t know anyone.

I was bored and wanted to go, but didn’t want to offend her so I just panic lurked.
Panic lurk by SFDanae April 15, 2020

Dumpy Lurk 

the phrase used when one is leaving a twitch stream for a while but will still have it playing in the background, dumpily.
o7 snowy! i hope your dumpy lurk is extra frogeThicc