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happy slapping

noun

  1. informal.
    the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of happy slapping1

C21
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But the spokesman adds that the rash of "happy slapping" incidents a couple of years ago forced local authorities to confront the issue, and gradually a consensus is emerging.

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The judge said: "By recording parts of what you did on a mobile, you made at least some of this an example of happy slapping."

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He rose confident and happy, slapping his friend on the shoulder, with the old boyish exhilaration.

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