eyebombing
English edit
Etymology edit
From eye + bombing or eyebomb + -ing.
Noun edit
eyebombing (usually uncountable, plural eyebombings)
- The act or practice of sticking googly eyes on inanimate objects in public places.
- 2013 January 16, Deni Kirkova, “'Eyebombing' is the latest online picture craze ... see celebrities Sofia Vergara, Kim Kardashian and even Lord Grantham given a googly-eyed makeover”, in Daily Mail[1], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:
- The craze for 'eyebombing' is following in the virtual footsteps of planking, owling, fridging and milking and gaining a cult online fan base.
- 2013 December 26, “Hilarious pictures show how 'eyebombing' turns ordinary objects into friendly faces thanks to a pair of googly eyes”, in Daily Mail[2], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:
- Some may compare eyebombing to graffiti, but Mr Dam and Mr Nielsen say that because it is anonymous it is far more selfless than painting your own name on the side of a building.
- 2020 May 1, Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, “Eyebomb Your Brain”, in Scientific American[3], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:
- Whereas the practice of eyebombing may not suit everybody’s taste, the anthropomorphic illusions that result are remarkably powerful. Why should a mere pair of googly eyes change a tea kettle into an Emperor penguin or transmute a tree trunk into a bewildered, long-nosed man?
- 2022 November 19, Mish Aminoff, “Googly Eyes & Eyebombing — A Photographic Collection of my Favourite Encounters”, in Medium[4], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:
- The Chabad Rabbi of Camden Town, who is familiar with my photographic work, sent me a photo of an ad campaign he’d seen on the London Underground that had been subjected to eyebombing, correctly intuiting that it was the sort of thing that might interest me.
- 2023 June 15, M T McGuire, “Eyebomb, Therefore I am, coming soon …”, in Hamgee[5], archived from the original on 2024-04-25:
- This book invites you to immerse yourself in the whimsical and hilarious world of eyebombing; the art of sticking googly eyes on unsuspecting objects to unleash the joy within.