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English
Etymology
Back-formation from planespotting.
Verb
planespot (third-person singular simple present planespots, present participle planespotting, simple past and past participle planespotted)
- (intransitive, rare) To take part in planespotting.
2000 November 8, A Guy Called Tyketto, “Re: Airports with good viewing galleries?”, in rec.travel.air (Usenet):So if you go to planespot at LAS, check your winds. they could save you a trip down there. ¶ PHL is also another good place to go. You may have to go a fair bit to get to it, but you can actually park right next or near the Tower to planespot.
2001 March 7, Joe, “Re: What's so great about the 777?”, in rec.travel.air (Usenet):At the U.S. airports where I planespot you see this phenomenon manifested clearly. The planespotting idiots will ignore an Air China 747-400 as it glides in beautifully for landing, […] but let a dirty-looking stealth-schemed United 777 come in and they all get so excited they can barely keep from trembling and can't hold their cameras steady.
2002 January 13, Michael G. Koerner, “Re: Airports been to”, in misc.transport.road (Usenet):You missed the best place of all to planespot. EAA week at OSH (in late July/early August).