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

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

Costco tourist

A person who goes to Costco for the purpose of only eating the samples and getting in other people's way with abolutely no intention of buying anything in the store. Person may or may not be pushing an empty cart to further disrupt the flow of traffic through the store.

On Martha's 80th birthday, she decided she would do what she does every other day and be a Costco tourist, as she enjoys nothing more than making her daily pilgrimage to Costco. Today she decided she would only make 30 trips around the store, as she scarfs down each free sample offering on each pass while pushing her empty cart to keep others away and obstruct the flow of traffic down the main aisles.

by Wordmaster Adam October 10, 2012

Protest Tourism

The act of attending a protest or direct action for the purpose of documenting signs, checking in on social media platforms, or otherwise being present without the burden of caring about the subject of the protest or being invested in any particular outcome. Not to be confused with being an “ally”.

“Believe me, she’s just doing it for protest tourism. Rebecca does not, in fact, give a rat’s ass about BLM.”

by RunForestRun2019 January 20, 2019

Class Tourism

The act of deriving pleasure or amusement from the customs, mannerisms, and behavior of people of lower social class, especially when observed from an online multimedia source.

Q: Did you hear the 'Bed Intruder Song,' the auto-tuned version of a man telling reporters about how his sister had been raped? Wasn't it hilarious?

A: No, it wasn't, it was a cruel and disturbing example of class tourism.

by RogueEconomist May 10, 2011

tourist

foreign visitors who come to see popular sites and attractions... but are often side-tracked by even simpler things... (a telephone pole, a school bus, a bird, a sandwich) signs of their attraction towards native features: accessive photographing, pointing of fingers

Tourist guide: Here we have an active volcano... it's called Killa wayyah...
Tourist: Umm excuse me!
Tourist guide: Yes ma'am?
Tourist: What's that thing you're holding in your hand?
Tourist guide: this? this is a sandwich, it would be my lunch
Group of Tourists: OoOoooh! Ahhhh.... (snapshots)
Tourist: May i have a taste?

by james eakmon November 17, 2003