English Explanatory Dictionary

trout slap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To strongly or humorously rebuke or humiliate.
noun
  1. An act of trout slapping.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-trout slap.wav

Word forms

trout slap trout slaps trout slapping trout slapped trout-slap

Etymology

From an Internet Relay Chat program, mIRC, which includes a /slap command that caused a message to appear that "<person A> slaps <person B> around a bit with a large trout".

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