upskirting, up-skirting, etc.

[David Barnhart]

upskirt, v. Also written up-skirt.  {w} to view up a woman's skirt,
especially when the attention is unwanted.  Compare shoot a beaver (HDAS:
1969). Nonstandard (used in slang contexts dealing especially with
pornography and behavior; frequency?)



While at the station, Gardner attracted national attention earlier that year
when he told a joke about former prime minister Julia Gillard being
"upskirted" at a cabinet meeting. Peter Jean, "Gardner's problem aired in
Assembly," Canberra Times [Australia] (Nexis), Nov. 13, 2013, p 003



It is impossible to conceive, now, of a television programme in which
underage girls are encouraged to wear skimpy clothes and dance provocatively
on stage as cameras placed at low levels effectively upskirted them. Dani
Garavelli, "Shame of an era that turned a blind eye," Scotsman (Nexis), Oct.
6, 2012, p not given



A MAN who allegedly "up-skirted" a woman on an escalator at Southland
shopping centre is expected to be charged. Adrian Ballantyne, "Charges set
to be laid over photo," Kingston Leader [Australia] (Nexis), March 10, 2010,
p 16



-adj. Also written up-skirt.  (common?)



Just like Marilyn Monroe, supermodel Kate Moss makes a windy upskirt moment
work for her by laughing it off. Marianne Garvey et al., "Roberts: NYC's the
real prize," Daily News [New York] (Nexis), July 19, 2013, p 25



The activist is up to bigger things, in a context of danger, not leisure. He
or she has very little idle time to post "Upskirt" photos. Mark Lepage,
"Cyber-bullies cower behind fists of anonymity," The Gazette [Montreal]
(Nexis), Oct. 27, 2012, p B3



In February a search warrant of his business premises in Napier netted
hundreds of files on his computer, 8mm film, magazines and VHS videos,
including not only what he called his "upskirt footage" but bestiality,
urinaption, defecation, torture, snuff movies, autopsy footage and sex with
children. "Cam jockey' [?] filmed under women's skirts for Internet ring,
court told," Waikato Times [Hamilton, N.Z.?] (Nexis), Nov. 14, 1997, p 2



A LONG ISLAND man has been charged with making "up-skirt" videos of women at
a convenience store, police said. Veronika Belenkaya, "Man Nabbed For
'Upskirt' Vids," Daily News [New York] (Nexis), June 22, 2008, p 8



Composite (compound): formed, with grammatical shifting of the second
element, from up- (), as in ... (), + skirt (BDE: 1325), meaning "the lower
part of a woman's dress"

F This term and its derivatives are generally not entered in dictionaries,
especially print dictionaries.  Some electronic dictionaries do enter
upskirt.



upskirter, n. Also written up-skirter.  (common): Police can lay charges of
offensive behaviour and one "upskirter" is to challenge a charge of
stalking. Elissa Hunt, "Net invasion skirts rights of women," Herald Sun
[Melbourne, Australia] (Nexis), Feb. 15, 2002, p 8



Victoria has no specific law on up-skirting. Most prosecutions against
up-skirters use the general offensive-behaviour laws.  Kenneth Nguyen,
"'Up-skirting' a modern-day power trip," The Age [Melbourne, Australia]
(Nexis), Jan. 24, 2007, p 9



upskirting, verbal n. Also written up-skirting.  (frequent?): In all cases,
the offenders were engaged in "upskirting"- growing practice of
clandestinely taking digital photographs up the skirts of unsuspecting
women. Tristin Hopper, "'Upskirter' nabbed on Bloor; First of year,"
National Post [Canada] (Nexis), June 9, 2011, p A10



The Ohio General Assembly is in danger of making the "News of the Weird" by
approving a bill that expands the definition of voyeurism to include
"upskirting" and "downblousing," a Republican lawmaker charged. "Ohio bill
would criminalize high-tech video voyeurism," The Washington Times (Nexis),
May 27, 2000, p A5



New terms such as up-skirting and down-blousing have been coined in response
to invasions of privacy that have resulted in intimate photos being posted
on the Net or swapped between mobile-phone users without the subjects'
knowledge or permission. Greg Thom, "Peeping Toms," Herald Sun [Melbourne,
Australia] (Nexis), Dec. 10, 2005, p W13

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