Meanings
plural rooftoppers
- slangA person who takes selfies or videos with expansive and vertiginous urban views and cityscapes, usually, but not always, from locations restricted to the public.
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Soon after, I got a message from a rooftopper in New York City telling me that the whole scene there was on lockdown after two German artists, Mischa Leinkauf and Matthias Wermke, put white flags on the Brooklyn Bridge and that the FBI were dragging urban explorers in for questioning. […] It is clear that rooftoppers have been taking increasing physical and legal risks in recent years.
2015 February 17, Bradley L Garrett, “Meet the rooftoppers: the urban outlaws who risk everything to summit our cities”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who takes selfies or videos with expansive and vertiginous urban views and cityscapes, usually, but not always, from locations restricted to the public.
Origin
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rooftopper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rooftopper
“rooftopper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rooftopper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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