human flesh search engine
English
Etymology
Calque from Chinese 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ).
Noun
human flesh search engine (plural human flesh search engines)
- The Chinese phenomenon of distributed research using Internet media such as blogs and forums, sometimes as a form of vigilantism against an individual person.
Synonyms
- HFSE (initialism)
Translations
Chinese phenomenon