coat-feeling

A new form of social interaction, popular with students from the Midlands in the UK, where groups of people meet to look through each other's coat pockets. The items they find are then used to start conversations and friendships.

A speed-dating version also exists, although this is rarer and generally frowned upon by orthodox coat-feelers.

Tim: Coming for a spot of coat-feeling?
Ben: I'd love to, but the last time I did it the feeler had sticky hands, and thus my coat is in the wash.