Borrowed from Hindi and Urdu, jasoos means a spy or secret agent — but in everyday South Asian use it's more likely to describe a nosy neighbour, a snooping sibling, or anyone who can't mind their own business. It carries a mix of suspicion and humour. Parents call kids a jasoos for eavesdropping on grown-up conversations; friends use it when someone's a little too well-informed about everyone else's drama.
"Stop being such a jasoos," she laughed, catching her brother with his ear pressed to the door.
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(India, historical) A spy.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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