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    [Noun]  | "by*stand*er" | \ ˈbī-ˌstan-dər \


    1: one who is present but not taking part in a situation or event : a chance spectator


    Origin: 1584 ;

    [Noun]  | "bystander" 


    1: someone who sees or watches something;


      * e.g., " ... bystanders rushed to help the victim of the mugging "



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     [ "bystander" ]

    1: A person who is standing near and sees something that happens, without being involved in it.

      * e.g.,  ... Several innocent bystanders were hurt when the two gangs attacked each other. 

     [ "bystander" ]

    1: A person who stands by In an argument or issue. Usually the weak one.

      * e.g.,  ... Stranger 1: Shut up! 

     [ "Bystander" ]

    1: Connor

      * e.g.,  ... Connor is being such a bystander 

     [ "innocent bystanders" ]

    1:  Someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

      * e.g.,  ...  The evil-doers drove a car through a crowd of <i>innocent bystanders</i>. 


     [ "innocent bystanders" ]

    2:  Members (currently 12) of a popular group blog of the same name.

      * e.g.,  ...  Innocent Bystanders welcomes all races, creeds and orientations to comment. 

     [ "bystander effect" ]

    1: When witnessing a situation of an victim and 'incriminator', the degree of responsibility the witness has in helping the victim or stopping the 'crime' in progress. The degree of responsibility usually depends on three criteria; Whether the victim is deserving of help, The competence of the bystander, The relationship between the bystander and the 'victim'. The bystander can intervene in usually two different ways; direct intervention, or, calling authorities.

      * e.g.,  ... I saw an old lady getting her purse taken by some thug, i just stood by and watched... later i felt confused and guilty. The feeling i felt could be described as the bystander effect 

     [ "innocent bystander" ]

    1: The act of sitting on one's hand for 20 minutes to make it go numb, and proceeding to jerk off someone else with that hand. Very similar to the "stranger".

      * e.g.,  ... My girlfriend prefers the innocent bystander treatment during foreplay, but I couldn't get my hand to fall asleep 

     [ "Jehovah's Bystander" ]

    1: Some one who witnesses nothing.

      * e.g.,  ... Victim: Did you see that? 

     [ "Bystander Intervention" ]

    1: The feminist term for cock block

      * e.g.,  ... Male Feminist Virgin: I saved that girl by using bystander intervention. 

     [ "Innocent bystander" ]

    1: There's no such thing as an innocent bystander in real life. People are not animals, and are therefore not innocent in the true sense of the word. Every person thought to be a bystander has done something wrong in their life, and many if not most of them are usually not standing by in a passive manner most of the time, despite the bystander description some people use for them.

      * e.g.,  ... There is no such thing as an innocent bystander. To call someone an innocent bystander is to underestimate them. 

     [ "Inocent Bystander" ]

    1: the people wo get shot during my reckless drive byes in my new benz

      * e.g.,  ... i was doin a drive by and shot this inocent bystander 

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