human flesh search engine

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human flesh search engine

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Calque from Chinese 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ).

noun human flesh search engines

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.
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noun Chinese phenomenon

中文	人肉搜索 rénròu sōusuǒ, 人肉 rénròu

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@misc{human_flesh_search_engine_2026,
  title = {human flesh search engine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/human%20flesh%20search%20engine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}