Meaning of Slapgate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of various controversies involving a well-known person slapping another person or thing.
   informal, uncountable, usually
2. Alternative letter-case form of slapgate (“Any of various controversies involving slapping.”).
   alt-of
3. The controversy around the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, when actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock during Rock's presentation for Best Documentary Feature, in response to Rock making an insulting joke about Smith's wife.
   informal, neologism

Examples

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:Slapgate.”

“Within the last two weeks, though, she has come under fire because of stories that she struck and pinched her employees in the treasurer's office.[…] If polls are to be believed, "Slapgate," as it has been dubbed, has done little to hurt Hutchison.”

“But violence is one such invincible beast which at once storm the grapevine whenever it enters into the arena and going viral of Gauhar Khan's slapgate is the one of the conspicuous example of the same. So here we bring for you a list of slapgates which literally took buzz arena by storms...”

“A video of a French Tennis player slapping his opponent in the face after losing a match is going viral on social media with many calling it the Will Smith effect in reference to the Hollywood actor's famous ‘slapgate’ at the Oscars recently.”

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