WOTY -- "upskirting"

[Joel S. Berson]

Hey, Wilson and Christopher, the WOTY doesn't have to be new its
year, just viral.

Joel

At 3/5/2014 10:45 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> > The
> > activity as well as the word should go viral.
> >
>
>It's *way* ahead of you, man! Google it. "Upskirt(ing)" has long been a -
>if not *the* - major branch of soft-core pornography the world around for
>years. Its existence, though, IIRC, only the activity was shown without
>using the word, has long since been noted in Law & Order SVU aut sim. A kid
>was caught following chicks in miniskirts up the escalator with a minicam
>in the toe of his chuck.
>
>UD has it has "upskirt" from '03, "upskirtin"" from '06.
>
>My spellcheck has a problem with it, surprisingly.
>
>I've just heard "parallel-play" on  Comedy-Central's Broad City:
>"masturbate while lying alongside another broad who is also masturbating
>while lying alonside you."
>--
>-Wilson
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