WOTY -- "upskirting"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/6/2014 12:24 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>Peeing Tom? Did this happen on pubic transportation?
>
>     VS-)

Yes -- on an MBTA "trolley".

Joel


>On 3/5/2014 7:53 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>Which the highest state court in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts
>>Supreme Judicial Court -- the oldest continuously functioning
>>appellate court in America -- has just ruled is not illegal.  The
>>activity as well as the word should go viral.
>>
>>The decision is that "a state law intended to prohibit 'Peeping Tom'
>>voyeurism of completely or partially undressed people did not apply
>>to people who take pictures of people who are fully
>>clothed."  (Boston Globe, on-line.)
>>
>>It's not clear to me whether the prosecutors blundered in choosing to
>>bring charges under the "Peeing Tom" law when there might have been
>>some other grounds.
>>
>>Not in the OED, by the way.
>>
>>Joel
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