# trout slap

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To strongly or humorously rebuke or humiliate.

## Etymology
From an Internet Relay Chat program, mIRC, which includes a /slap command that caused a message to appear that "<person A> slaps <person B> around a bit with a large trout".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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