Tourist

Stupid assholes from outta town that take pictures of anything and everything and annoy the crap out of all the locals and will stand in the middle of the road, block traffic and almost get hit by a car to take a fucking picture of a church!

btw, I live in alaska
Tourist: what sea level are we at?
Local: about two feet

Tourist: what's that big lake over there?
Local: that would be the ocean

Tourist: How do you say this word in alaskan?
Local: I have no idea
Tourist: Don't you speak alaskan or eskimo?
Local: no, all the eskimos are extinct (walks away)

Tourist: Me and my family have been here all day and we haven't seen any eskimos!!!
Local: thats because all the eskimos and natives are nocturnal, they all come out at night and do their tlingit dances by the fireside. (sarcasm)

by Jordan<3 August 14, 2006

Ego-Tourist

Where globetrotters head for increasingly obscure locales, not for the experience but for the bragging rights of having been somewhere exotic and difficult while looking down on any adventures that don't involve an amusing incident with a nasty local disease / local militia / extreme weather event. Ego-tourists have way too much attachment to words like 'authentic' and 'unspoilt'

Bob is boring me stiff with his stories from the Congo. He's such an ego-tourist.

by Gregor Heard December 9, 2008

Tourist

A person who vacations in people's lives, takes pictures, puts them in his scrapbook, and moves on. All he's interested in are stories. Basically, their selfish.

Any friend who only seems to appear when they deem in necessary as to keep their social status in high regard but otherwise nowhere to be found. If this describes your friend he is a tourist.

by F.O.S.F.F. 7O01 July 10, 2015

tourorist

Noun: One who deliberately interferes with a tourist's plans or expectations, esp. by means of inaccurate information, incorrect directions, or photobombing

Tourorist reveals her favorite ways to tourorize:
1. Tourist: Pardon me, ma'am, but can you please tell me where the Empire State Building is?
Tourorist: Didn't you hear? The terrorists got that one too. It was all over the news.
2. Tourist: Excuse me, which way is it to 34th St?
Tourorist: It's after 34th Avenue. Just keep going west.
3. Tourist: Ooh, look, a squirrel! C'mon kids, smile! (Tourorist mugs with tongue out, e.g., while passing.) ... Hey! Look at that young lady! New Yorkers are, like, sooo weird. That gal must be a tourorist...
Tourorist: Dude, I, like, totally like to tourorize!

by swiftjonathan August 2, 2008

torrerist

One who hogs shared internet bandwidth by downloading torrents.

Jack has become a torrerist by downloading 10 movie torrents everyday while the others struggle to load up sites.

by echo77 October 20, 2008

Tourist bowling

When a New Yorker encounters a large group of motionless tourists congregating in the middle of a sidewalk where locals conducting their daily comings and goings, one may lower their shoulder, maintain current speed and plow through the mass in an attempt to knock as many out of the way. Children are not exempt as it is their parent's fault. The elderly get a pass.

While walking at a fairly fast clip, I played some Christmas time tourist bowling while walking to the subway tonight.
I got a 1, 10 split on a group of Germans holding hands four across standing on West 50th Street.
Did you see that fat, dad jeans wearing rube jump out of the way when he realized he was about to be knocked over?

by EAFofNY December 11, 2013

alco-tourist

Person, who on rare occasions, attends an AA meeting, but never takes the Alcoholics Anonymous Program seriously, never actually gets sober.

Him: Is Tom a member of AA? I saw him at my meeting last night.
Her: Nah, he was just visiting as an alco-tourist, he's still drinking.

by Terrific1 January 7, 2009