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A guest with an exit strategy and none of the lease obligations.

means Someone who comes to a place temporarily, without living there or taking on its responsibilities.

from From Latin 'visitare,' to go see repeatedly, itself built from 'videre,' to see. It passed through Old French 'visiter' into English around the 13th-14th century, originally carrying a strong sense of official or purposeful calling — inspectors, officials, and even divine visitations 'visited' places, often to check on or judge them. The casual sense of a friendly drop-by is a later softening of that more formal checking-in.

legal status
often undefined, which is the whole appeal
etymology
from visitare, to go see repeatedly
peak power
the moment before they outstay welcome
museum sense
paying to be watched watching things
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