girlwatching

girlwatching noun: observing young women as a recreational activity.

Noun

girlwatching (uncountable)

(informal, rare) Observing young women as a recreational activity.
- He experienced erotic arousal, which included the slow secretion of genital moistness, from being with her, and also from girlwatching.1972, John Money, Anke A Ehrhardt, Man and woman, boy and girl
- […] stylized individual player performance, girlwatching in the stands, blimp shots of the stadium, and lots of other irrelevant hype.1979, David L Altheide, Robert P Snow, Media logic

He didn't have much heart for his teaching, either, and he found himself taking to girlwatching on campus.1985, Joseph M Ferguson, The Summerfield stories:
[…] they are difficult or impossible even by definition: like inventing a new platitude (difficult), or girlwatching in the Men's Room (can't be done).1991, Howard Nemerov, A Howard Nemerov Reader:
They still find time for one of their favorite pastimes: girlwatching.2005, Mardy Grothe, Viva la repartee:

From girl + watching, perhaps modelled on birdwatching.

What does girlwatching mean?: Girlwatching means observing young women as a recreational activity.
How do you use girlwatching in a sentence?: He didn't have much heart for his teaching, either, and he found himself taking to girlwatching on campus.
What part of speech is girlwatching?: Girlwatching is a noun.

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