facestalk

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verb

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

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Meanings

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

present singular third person facestalks · participle present facestalking · participle past facestalked · past facestalked · alternative face-stalk

  1. ambitransitiveTo 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
    2 more examples

    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

    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

Origin

Blend of Facebook + stalk.

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Cite this entry
APA

facestalk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facestalk

MLA

“facestalk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facestalk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “facestalk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facestalk.

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