rubbering

Etymology

From rubber + -ing.

rubbering means rubbernecking. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

rubbernecking
eavesdropping on a telephone conversation“In 1907, a North Dakota newspaper described the party-line culture of eavesdropping, or rubbering as it was also called at the time, as follows: Usually when a country subscriber rings anyone up several of his neighbors immediately butt in—not to talk—just listen...”