happy slapping

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happy slapping

noun happy slappings

  1. countable, informal, uncountable 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.

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Françaisvidéo-lynchage, vidéolynchage

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@misc{happy_slapping_2026,
  title = {happy slapping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/happy%20slapping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}