550:670) xue Date: 18-JUN-94 21:55 The derivation of "lookie loo" is from the California real estate industry. It refers to an ad run by some realtor many years ago. "Lookie loos" are people who come to see open houses on the weekends without any intention of buying, but just seeing the inside of someone else's house for decorator ideas or voyeurisms or whatever. - - - - - .