Someone or something whose role is to become the focal point for, or the initiator of, a debate or challenge. However, in reality their leadership role is an illusion, and the stalking horse is really working to promote a challenge or debate that will benefit a third party whose identity remains a secret.
Pete: "You been watching what them Clintons are up to?"
Cook: "I've been trying to ignore them now for 12 years."
Pete: "Well Slick Willie has been attacking Obama."
Cook: "Why?"
Pete: "Well he is acting as a stalking horse for Hillary to damage Obama's rep."
Cook: "I figured Obama already damaged his rep."
Pete: "Not as much as Willie can."
Cook: "Your wisdom is boundless."
Cook: "I've been trying to ignore them now for 12 years."
Pete: "Well Slick Willie has been attacking Obama."
Cook: "Why?"
Pete: "Well he is acting as a stalking horse for Hillary to damage Obama's rep."
Cook: "I figured Obama already damaged his rep."
Pete: "Not as much as Willie can."
Cook: "Your wisdom is boundless."
by Pete Dick February 13, 2008
Get the stalking horsemug. To stalk somebody over the internet by finding and reading many of their posts on a forum. Usually done by overly curious friends/family members or by admiring fans. It can easily be performed by entering someone's name, e-mail address or username (if it's unique to that person) into a search engine.
Creepy stalker: "You live in Birmingham, right?"
Stalkee: "Woah, how did you know that?"
Creepy stalker: "Oh, I was sorta post-stalking you lolz."
Stalkee: "Wtf. Get a life."
Stalkee: "Woah, how did you know that?"
Creepy stalker: "Oh, I was sorta post-stalking you lolz."
Stalkee: "Wtf. Get a life."
by Michiko I. June 12, 2006
Get the post-stalkingmug. When you immediately get a phone call or text message from the same person EVERYTIME you update your status.
Meg: "I'm totally afraid to update my status on facebook now..."
Jill: "Why is that?"
Meg: "Every time I update it Joe calls or texts to comment on it... it's like he's status-stalking me."
Jill: "Why is that?"
Meg: "Every time I update it Joe calls or texts to comment on it... it's like he's status-stalking me."
by caranet July 8, 2009
Get the status-stalkmug. When you keep running into someone that you really don't want to run into, and it feels almost spooky or too weird to be a coincidence.
Erika: Wow, my ex-boyfriend just so happens to be going to an event that I'm going to tonight, AND he got a job in a city I used to live in, AND I saw him looking into my bathroom window last night.
Ethan: I think he's engaging in some textbook pseudo-stalking!
Ethan: I think he's engaging in some textbook pseudo-stalking!
by efiki September 8, 2018
Get the pseudo-stalkingmug. Pretending to take a selfie while actually taking a picture of the person behind you, without their knowledge
by Dandy320 October 5, 2015
Get the selfie stalkmug. adding over 500 friends on facebook, people you don't even know, so that you can spend hours scanning through their posted pictures and reading their comments
by foe stigmund August 8, 2009
Get the stalking the bookmug. When one becomes so obsessed with a single actor or director (or composer) that the amount of movies they watch from those individuals becomes borderline stalking.
"Phillip Seymour Hoffman is in some of my favorite movies. Doubt, Pirate Radio, and now MoneyBall. Time to Netflix stalk him for other great films."
"After I saw The Dark Knight and realized that Chris Nolan also made The Prestige I Netflix Stalked him for two whole weeks until I saw everything he ever made. I LOVE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN!"
"After I saw The Dark Knight and realized that Chris Nolan also made The Prestige I Netflix Stalked him for two whole weeks until I saw everything he ever made. I LOVE CHRISTOPHER NOLAN!"
by Mookdaruch October 5, 2011
Get the Netflix Stalkmug.