happy slap

     

Happy slapping is a fa in which someone attacks an unsuspecting victim while an accomplice records the assault (commonly with a camera phone or a smartphone). Most happy-slappers are teenagers or young adults. Several incidents have been extremely violent, and people have been killed. The name can refer to many types of violent assaults, not just slapping, but some rape and sexual assaults have been inaccurately classified as "happy slapping" by the media. Within the United Kingdom, where the term is used most frequently, it is associated with the ned/chav sub-culture.