happy-slappyadj.

Brit.

/ˈhapɪˌslapi/, U.S.

/ˈhæpiˌslæpi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: happy adj., slappy adj.

Etymology: < happy adj. + slappy adj. Partly (in sense 1) after slap-happy adj.; with sense 2 compare happy slap v.

colloquial.

1. Originally and chiefly U.S. = slap-happy adj.

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the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] > affected by

mada1350

inebriate1497

rapt1539

attoxicated1604

inebriated1610

intoxicated1620

exalted1712

slap-happy1936

slappy1937

happy-slappy1943

buzzed1952

stoned1952

1943 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 28 July 5/1 Pvt. Albert Johnson and Patricia Deering of that hit are happy-slappy.

1956 Chicago Sunday Tribune 9 Dec. 24/6 Then your happy slappy guy predicted Pittsburgh 20, N.D. 18.

1996 Washington Times (Nexis) 18 May c5 I'm kind of a happy-slappy guy, but I've learned that you have to work hard every day in the NFL.

2006 Total Film Feb. 40/2 This is not the happy-slappy camera-hogger of his recent Cheaper By The Dozen revival; this is the covetous Martin who's seen Bill Murray rack up choice parts and accolades in recent years and decided he wants some too.

2. Originally and chiefly British. Of, relating to, or involved in a happy slap or the practice of happy slapping (happy slapping n.).

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2004 Sunday Mirror 24 Oct. 29/6 Another clip doing the rounds shows two teenage boys on the top of a London bus. One boy says to camera: ‘Welcome to the Happy, Slappy Club’ before firmly slapping the face of a man sleeping on a seat nearby. The man jolts up in shock, while the two boys run off laughing.]

2005 Scotsman 13 May 6/6 They were intending to frame him in a ‘happy slappy’ attack, in which assaults are filmed on camera or on mobile phones by thugs.

2006 S. Townsend Queen Camilla 132 They were almost home, when a happy slappy gang turned the corner and came towards them.

2013 Morning Star (Nexis) 13 Apr. Individual works of fraying reconditioned fashion hidden in glossy photography, mass media demonstration footage, happy-slappy mobile phone video and logos speak volumes about our culture's fetish with the medium instead of the message.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	happy-slappy
释义	happy-slappyadj. Brit. /ˈhapɪˌslapi/, U.S. /ˈhæpiˌslæpi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: happy adj., slappy adj. Etymology: < happy adj. + slappy adj. Partly (in sense 1) after slap-happy adj.; with sense 2 compare happy slap v. colloquial. 1. Originally and chiefly U.S. = slap-happy adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > extravagant or rapturous excitement > [adjective] > affected by mada1350 inebriate1497 rapt1539 attoxicated1604 inebriated1610 intoxicated1620 exalted1712 slap-happy1936 slappy1937 happy-slappy1943 buzzed1952 stoned1952 1943 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 28 July 5/1 Pvt. Albert Johnson and Patricia Deering of that hit are happy-slappy. 1956 Chicago Sunday Tribune 9 Dec. 24/6 Then your happy slappy guy predicted Pittsburgh 20, N.D. 18. 1996 Washington Times (Nexis) 18 May c5 I'm kind of a happy-slappy guy, but I've learned that you have to work hard every day in the NFL. 2006 Total Film Feb. 40/2 This is not the happy-slappy camera-hogger of his recent Cheaper By The Dozen revival; this is the covetous Martin who's seen Bill Murray rack up choice parts and accolades in recent years and decided he wants some too. 2. Originally and chiefly British. Of, relating to, or involved in a happy slap or the practice of happy slapping (happy slapping n.). ΚΠ 2004 Sunday Mirror 24 Oct. 29/6 Another clip doing the rounds shows two teenage boys on the top of a London bus. One boy says to camera: ‘Welcome to the Happy, Slappy Club’ before firmly slapping the face of a man sleeping on a seat nearby. The man jolts up in shock, while the two boys run off laughing.] 2005 Scotsman 13 May 6/6 They were intending to frame him in a ‘happy slappy’ attack, in which assaults are filmed on camera or on mobile phones by thugs. 2006 S. Townsend Queen Camilla 132 They were almost home, when a happy slappy gang turned the corner and came towards them. 2013 Morning Star (Nexis) 13 Apr. Individual works of fraying reconditioned fashion hidden in glossy photography, mass media demonstration footage, happy-slappy mobile phone video and logos speak volumes about our culture's fetish with the medium instead of the message. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1943
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