eyegasm

English

Etymology

From eye +‎ -gasm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

eyegasm (plural eyegasms)

  1. (informal) A feeling of pleasure derived from a sight.
    • 2008, Jerry Washington Ward, The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery, Uno Press, →ISBN, page 86:
      You have been near the Grand Canyon. You did not have time during your last visit to Arizona to have the eyegasm of viewing this natural wonder.
  2. (informal) A sight that is a pleasure to behold.
    • 2006, Tim Phelps, Sam Radoff, Up in Flames: The Art of Flame Painting, Motorbooks, →ISBN, page 85:
      "All I remember is those cars and the candy-red and pearl-white paint jobs. What an eyegasm."

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