A fork of Rural Dictionary
The bystander is a creature or person something troubled and dreaded from other places or worlds.
Have you watched bystanders are stupid!
A person who witnesses an event and then says something about it to an adult or trust adult.
The bystander went to the teacher after she witnessed someone being bullied
Humorous term to describe where you "publicly" solicit the knowledge ("Excuse me, everyone --- do any of you happen to know anything about ___?", or, ""Hey, Folks --- are any of you familiar with the technical properties of ___?") of anyone within yelling-distance about a particular question or problem that you encounter at that time and place.
Doing a bystander Google-search can yield surprising results --- more than once I have gotten out of a perplexing dilemma in this way.
Short for bystander, but not as bad. They stand by, but not by choice, it's cuz they would get pummeled if they tried to help. They want to help but they can't. They look out for themselves before others, though...
A: Baldrick, you're such a bystander! B: No, He's actually only a bystand. You should see him in a fight.