cyberslap

English

Etymology

From cyber- +‎ slap.

Noun

cyberslap (plural cyberslaps)

  1. (informal) A notional slap in a virtual space; criticism or retaliation delivered online.
    • 2000, Karen Alexander, “http://www.protest.net”, in Wow Wow: Sites Unseen // The Internet Review‎[1], number 53:
      To show activists do have a sense of fun, there is a link to Urban75 webzine, which gives information on drugs, raves and features a refreshingly un-PC section called 'punch 'em', where you can give your least favorite celebrity or politician a good old cyberslap in the face.
    • 2005, Joe Pruett, editor, Negative Burn: The Best from 1993-1998‎[2], page 172:
      cyberslaps don't hurt, of course. i mean, it's virtual reality. nothing cyber- can hurt you.
    • 2009 June 23, Raveena Aulakh, “Perez vs. the Peas a Web boom boom pow”, in Toronto Star‎[3]:
      Elsewhere online, in a cyberslap delivered by either Hilton or the Peas, ads for Black Eyed Peas songs disappeared from perezhilton.com — a website that gets up to eight million hits a day, making the blogger one of the most powerful voices in show business.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cyberslap.
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