Refers to where Bertie Wooster's "suave 'n' savvy" butler secretly listens in on others' conversations in order to keep his dim-witted employer out of trouble.
P.G. Wodehouse's famous fictionalmanservant did a bit of Jeevesdropping on more than one occasion in order to save his naive young London aristocrat's hide.
When a Search Engine secretly records your activity or an "Assistant Surface" (Google Home/Alexa) or "AI Virtual Assistant" (Cortana/Siri) listens to your background conversations in order to tailor search results and display ads.
In reference to Ask Jeeves, a search platform, launched in 1997 that allowed users to enter a natural-language query into the search box, and the virtual "valet" would come back with the answer.
I've been frequenting a few websites with seafood recipes and watching some maritime cooking shows and I swear, something must be Jeevesdropping on me because now all my online feeds and ads are about how to meet Nordic women!
Couple at bar having private conversation: “ugh what was the name of that guy in that movie? The movie about spys? Ya know with the one that went crazy?”
You, 3 seats away, by yourself, interjecting: “it’s Tom Cruise. Sorry, I was jeevesdropping.”
Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".