Meanings
nounhappy slapping (countable and uncountable, plural happy slappings)
plural happy slappings
- countableinformaluncountableThe 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.
Translations
French vidéo-lynchage, vidéolynchage
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Polish happy slapping
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APA
happy slapping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20slapping
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “happy slapping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/happy%20slapping.
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