eyetracks

English

Etymology

eye +‎ tracks

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪtɹæks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Noun

eyetracks pl (plural only)

1. (dated, fandom slang, humorous) Imaginary marks left by looking at things, especially by reading books.
   • 1952, Arthur Rapp, Lee Hoffman, Redd Boggs, Fanspeak, page 5:

     When you read a new book you get eyetracks all over it. Then it isn't mint any more.

   • 1955, Joe Haldeman, “Try calling on the World for peace of mind”, in Worlds, page 150:

     "You look good in that," he said. "Especially wet."
     I'd noticed the difference. "Feel like an ad for a Broadway parlor. I'll be scraping off eyetracks all night."

   • 1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “Readerville”, in The BNF of Iz‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2013:

     "The only good thing in Readerville," said the Lion, "is their library, where they keep copies of science fiction magazines. But all those copies are terribly worn out from being read so much. They have all sorts of unsanitary eyetracks all over them, and the spines are broken because the readers fold their magazines over when they read."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:eyetracks.

References

• Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “eyetracks”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54.