Quidnunc. One who is constantly asking: 'What now? 'What's the news?'; hence an inquisitive person; a gossip. OED
Flaneur. A lounger or saunterer, an idle man about town. OED
I came across 'quidnuncs and flaneurs' in the reminiscences of an Australian writer, describing his youthful impressions of Melbourne when he arrived from Scotland in 1840. I wonder what he would have thought of bloggers...
