happy slapping
English
Noun
happy slapping (countable and uncountable, plural happy slappings)
- (informal) 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.
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English happy slapping.
Pronunciation
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Noun
happy slapping m (uncountable)
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