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human flesh search engine

human flesh search engine noun: 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.

Noun

human flesh search engine (plural human flesh search engines)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    HFSE

Synonyms of human flesh search engine

Forms of human flesh search engine

pluralhuman flesh search engines

Origin of human flesh search engine

Calque from Chinese 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ).

Questions about human flesh search engine

What does human flesh search engine mean?
Human flesh search engine means 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.
What part of speech is human flesh search engine?
Human flesh search engine is a noun.
What is the plural of human flesh search engine?
The plural of human flesh search engine is human flesh search engines.

Words near human flesh search engine in the dictionary

  1. human error
  2. human factors
  3. human flag
  4. human flea
  5. human fleas
  6. human flesh search engine
  7. human flesh search engines
  8. human fracking
  9. Human Genome Project
  10. human geographer
  11. human geographers

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