Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upskirting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: up-skirt-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The covert, voyeuristic photographing of a woman's underwear up her skirt.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"2018, The Independent, Upskirting to be made criminal offense with two-year prison sentence under proposed law The new law would bring the punishment for upskirting in line with existing voyeurism offenses"
"In addition to web sites that display the "public" voyeurism of upskirting, other sexual voyeurism sites show pictures of women as they shower at home […]"
"To someone who is used to running the show, there’s something much scarier about that than upskirting, even."
"The same upskirting technique mentioned above is used on children, only the preferred locations for seeking out victims are different. The prime locations for upskirting children are playgrounds where there are an abundance of swings, slides and jungle gyms that provide the ideal opportunity to film the preferred targets."

Etymology

From upskirt + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: upskirt

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does upskirting mean?: The covert, voyeuristic photographing of a woman's underwear up her skirt.
Where does upskirting come from?: From upskirt + -ing.

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