lurkering 

sneaking or stalking someone/thing;especially if you are a Zerg

kyle's lurkering around, I can hear his tentacles slithering

lurkering by Brad Slocum March 11, 2004

Lurking Murk 

This is a term of creepy, scary internet trolls, who live in their mothers basement. Usually fits those who use creepy eye avatars.

Did you see what that freaky Lurking Murk posted today? You know the one with the avatar of his/her eyes?

Lurking Murk by concerned urban citizen August 25, 2009

haters are lurking 

when your enemies are watching you from afar without you knowing spying

mayne these haters are lurking bruh, we gotta watch out

haters are lurking by Kennetra January 13, 2008

insta-lurking 

The act of looking through someone's Instagram account, going past 30 weeks and not liking a single post.

Guy 1; Bro I was looking through this one girls account for 2 hours.
Guy 2; Dude that's intense. Did you like any of her pics?
Guy 1; no way man I was 56 weeks into that shit.

Guy 2; so you were insta-lurking.

insta-lurking by Jackthebossdudebro January 19, 2016

parental shoulder lurking

parental shoulder lurking is when a parent or guardian reads your IMs, facebook, or any other computerized messaging system. they would 'lurk' over your shoulder and read your personal messages that you have with friends or other people.

me: mom! would you quit your parental shoulder lurking! i'm not doing anything bad!

mom: suure you're not, kiddo, suure you're not.

parental shoulder lurking by twilighter1995 September 1, 2009

lurking

spying on people online, while you remain invisible

Even though he claims to be "In a MUCH better place",J spends his days lurking online, to see who is talking to who

lurking by Meadow Soprano September 23, 2005

Lurking from home 

When you are monitoring your email and checking your chat from home, but you are not putting in a full day's work at the computer.

Office work during the holidays is so slow that I just end up lurking from home.

Lurking from home by eld1945 December 20, 2021