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From rubberneck (verb) + -er (suffix indicating person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck. Full definition →
From rubberneck (verb) + -er (suffix indicating person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.