girlwatching

English

Etymology

From girl +‎ watching, perhaps modelled on birdwatching.

Noun

girlwatching (uncountable)

1. (rare, informal) Observing young women as a recreational activity.
   • 1972, John Money, Anke A Ehrhardt, Man and woman, boy and girl:

     He experienced erotic arousal, which included the slow secretion of genital moistness, from being with her, and also from girlwatching.

   • 1979, David L Altheide, Robert P Snow, Media logic:

     […] stylized individual player performance, girlwatching in the stands, blimp shots of the stadium, and lots of other irrelevant hype.

   • 1985, Joseph M Ferguson, The Summerfield stories:

     He didn't have much heart for his teaching, either, and he found himself taking to girlwatching on campus.

   • 1991, Howard Nemerov, A Howard Nemerov Reader:

     […] 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).

   • 2005, Mardy Grothe, Viva la repartee:

     […] end up as hotel detectives in a Texas resort teeming with Nazi agents. They still find time for one of their favorite pastimes: girlwatching.