clapback

plural clapbacks

1. countableuncountableentertainmentAn exercise where the pupil is instructed to repeat a previously played rhythm by clapping.
2. countableinformalA witty or sarcastic retort.

   While these bits of online affirmation are addicting, so too are the online takedowns, the clapbacks, the snark.

   2020 March 9, “'It's so toxic': why we're addicted to mean online gossip about women”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2023

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   “My first truly viral video was a clapback to a nasty comment someone made about me being a stupid millennial and telling me to ‘go eat toast’,” Kung recalls.

   2023 October 7, Ajesh Patalay, quoting Jon Kung, “Jon Kung, the self-taught chef who went viral”, in HTSI, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2023, page 77