trout-slap

A form of trout slap — To strongly or humorously rebuke or humiliate.

Meanings

verbtrout-slap (third-person singular simple present trout-slaps, present participle trout-slapping, simple past and past participle trout-slapped)

present singular third person trout-slaps · participle present trout-slapping · participle past trout-slapped · past trout-slapped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of trout slap.

    Well, I'm off to trout-slap the bejesus out of whoever's idea this mess-up was.

    2000 April 27, Creek, “QOTD Plot Synopsis”, in alt.books.anne-rice (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    ... as the fact that their boss just got trout-slapped, which sounds fun), or that they would "miss the party", IN which all their Facebook friends sit around and trout-slap each other. (Rest assured, trout-slapping leaves your face UNMARKED.) .

    2008, Business Review Weekly: BRW - Volume 30, Issues 9-12, page 139

    The discussion is mostly Unity-related, but don't be surprised to find the occasional conspiracy theory discussion or trout-slapping session.

    2012, Jeff W. Murray, Game Development for iOS with Unity3D, →ISBN, page 250
nountrout-slap (plural trout-slaps)

plural trout-slaps

  1. alternativeAlternative form of trout slap.

    He deserves more than a trout-slap for injuring The Enigmatic One!

    1999 January 25, Colleen Carteaux, “Scully being shot”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    But I've managed to /ban them from their precious servers...the ultimate trout-slap in the face!

    2000 September 20, Laura Gilbreath, “Wednesday IRC Reminder - ChatWoman!”, in rec.arts.disney.parks (Usenet)

    Well if they give you any crap about it, tell them they are gonna get a trout-slap and a stocking full of goat droppings from Santa

    2001 December 20, Wayne Mann, “Another Proposal to the Group - the new group and a cease fire”, in rec.autos.sport.nascar (Usenet)
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Chicago

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