When a person is constantly eavesdropping your conversations (usually a significant other) because they have just done something sneaky and are afraid that you are going to find out from your friends, or they are worried that you are on some sneaky business. Usually people who are paranosy have done a lot of dirt in the past so they are projecting that on to others, or they have had a lot of dirt done to them and they are being hyper-vigilant. For example, they could be in the other room and hear you speaking on the
phone and all of a sudden they are
right next to you on the
couch asking “who is that?” and nonchalantly “
oh, what did they have to say?”. Or if you
get a text they will try to position themselves so they can see what you are texting without actually grabbing your
phone out of your hands to read it. Although there have been extreme cases of
phone snatching, or sneak reading.
“Hey
Jo I’m gonna call you back in a bit, Billy is being paranosy. Your secrets aren’t safe right now”
“Oh my
God Billy what have you
done now? Why are you being so paranosy? What are you afraid that I am going to find out?”
