happy slapping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice of physically attacking (originally, slapping), and often verbally abusing, a person and photographing or filming the attack using a camera phone, the recording sometimes being sent to others to further humiliate the victim.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-happy slapping.wav

Word forms

happy slapping happy slappings

Related words

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