human flesh search engine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Chinese phenomenon of distributed research using Internet media such as blogs and forums, sometimes as a form of vigilantism against an individual person/doxxing.

Word forms

human flesh search engine human flesh search engines

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ).

Synonyms

HFSE

Related words

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