happy slapping
happy slapping noun: 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.
Noun
happy slapping (countable and uncountable, plural happy slappings)
- 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.
Forms of happy slapping
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Questions about happy slapping
- What does happy slapping mean?
- Happy slapping means 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.
- What part of speech is happy slapping?
- Happy slapping is a noun.
- What is the plural of happy slapping?
- The plural of happy slapping is happy slappings.
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