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facestalk

verb

Etymology

Blend of Facebook + stalk.

  1. derived from *stel-✻ — “to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”
  2. derived from *stalô✻
  3. inherited from *stalukaz✻
  4. inherited from *staluk✻
  5. inherited from *stealc✻
  6. inherited from stalke
  7. compounded as facestalk — “Facebook + stalk”

Definitions

  1. To obtain (information about someone) without their knowledge (by using Facebook or other…

    To obtain (information about someone) without their knowledge (by using Facebook or other social media).

    • Who's facestalking my favs on Facebook?
    • 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.
    • He didn't realize she was facestalking him until she saw that he had a new girlfriend from his postings.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for facestalk. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA