facestalk

English

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Etymology

Blend of Facebook +‎ stalk.

Verb

facestalk (third-person singular simple present facestalks, present participle facestalking, simple past and past participle facestalked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To obtain (information about someone) without their knowledge (by using Facebook or other social media).
    • 2014, Joseph Maverick Nyambu, Sparkling Mortal Passions, →ISBN, page 31:
      Who's facestalking my favs on Facebook?
    • 2014 May 24, “Facestalking' would-be dates on social media is normal, research says”, in TVNZ OneNews:
      There's no need to feel naughty about facestalking would-be dates on social media before agreeing to meet up, new research says nine in 10 NZ women do it.
    • 2015 April 30, Virginia Sullivan, “Ahhh Facebook, You Are a Cruel Mistress”, in Huffington Post:
      He didn't realize she was facestalking him until she saw that he had a new girlfriend from his postings.

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