eyerape

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English

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Etymology

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From eye +‎ rape. The second noun sense metaphorically refers to an unwanted assault on a person’s eyes.

Noun

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eyerape (countable and uncountable, plural eyerapes)

  1. (slang, derogatory) An intense and unremitting stare.
    Coordinate term: ear rape
    • 2021 April 1, Jacqueline Maley, The Truth About Her: A beautiful moving debut literary fiction novel about motherhood for readers of Meg Mason, Emily Maguire and Miranda Cowley Heller‎[1], HarperCollins Australia, →ISBN:
      He wasn't just handsy, according to the stories. He also used his eyes to grope ('I believe it's called an eye-rape,' one older colleague of mine had noted to me, drily) […]
  2. (slang, derogatory) Something that is extraordinarily painful to the eyes, such as a psychedelic or rapidly flashing image.

Verb

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eyerape (third-person singular simple present eyerapes, present participle eyeraping, simple past and past participle eyeraped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To stare intensely and unremittingly at someone.

Alternative forms

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