facestalk
verbEtymology Blend of Facebook + stalk.
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Ambitransitive To obtain (information about someone) without their knowledge (by using Facebook or other social media).
- Who's facestalking my favs on Facebook?2014, Joseph Maverick Nyambu, Sparkling Mortal Passions, →ISBN, page 31:
- 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.2014 May 24, “Facestalking' would-be dates on social media is normal, research says”, in TVNZ OneNews:
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- He didn't realize she was facestalking him until she saw that he had a new girlfriend from his postings.2015 April 30, Virginia Sullivan, “Ahhh Facebook, You Are a Cruel Mistress”, in Huffington Post:
- Derived terms
- facestalking
- Hypernyms
- cyberstalk