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English
Etymology
Blend of Facebook + stalk.
Verb
facestalk (third-person singular simple present facestalks, present participle facestalking, simple past and past participle facestalked)
- (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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