creepshot

noun

creep·​shot ˈkrēp-ˌshät 

variants or creep shot

plural creepshots or creep shots

: a sexualized photograph of someone (usually a woman or girl) taken surreptitiously especially in public and often posted online

A creepshot is still a creepshot, no matter where it's taken and what a woman is wearing.

—Alyssa Rosenberg

Because [Google] Glass allows a person to photograph and videotape whatever they're looking at, hands free … virtually every interaction … becomes a creepshot, from staring down a cashier's top at breakfast, to leering at his coworker's cleavage, to glancing over at his daughter's teacher's ass after picking his kid up from school.

—Cord Jefferson

… the Internet abounds with pervy creep shots of young female athletes in revealing gear.

—John Keilman

If the creep taking a creep shot, or looking at someone else's creep shot found online, can find out who he is ogling, the practice becomes yet more disturbing.

—The Economist

creepshot transitive verb

creepshot also creepshotted; creepshotting; creepshots

So, how do you tell when a guy is trying to creepshot you? What are the subtle hints? And how do you respond if you catch or suspect a guy is trying to creepshot you?

—@MsLiz12345, on Reddit

Word History

Etymology

creep entry 1 + shot entry 1

First Known Use

2012, in the meaning defined above