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  2. Slapping (strike) - Wikipedia

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    A "slap in the face" is a common idiom, dating back to the late 1800s, that means to rebuke, rebuff or insult. [ 12 ] In his 2004 text The Naked Woman: A Study of the Female Body , anthropologist Desmond Morris defines what he calls the "cheek slap," which he describes as "the classic action of a lady responding to the unwelcome attentions of a ...

  3. Slapboxing - Wikipedia

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    Slapboxing (or slap-boxing) is a physical activity somewhat simulating boxing, where open handed slaps are used instead of fists. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a quasi-martial art form, at an intersection between sparring and fighting , is usually performed in an ad hoc or informal manner, or when boxing protective gear is unavailable.

  4. George S. Patton slapping incidents - Wikipedia

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    In addition to having a fever, he exhibited symptoms of dehydration, including fatigue, confusion, and listlessness. His request to return to his unit was turned down by medical officers. [12] A medical officer described Bennett's condition: [11] The shells going over him bothered him. The next day he was worried about his buddy and became more ...

  5. Power Slap - Wikipedia

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    Power Slap is an American slap fighting promotion company owned by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief executive officer Dana White. Power Slap first gained notoriety by producing a reality television show titled Power Slap: Road to the Title , originally broadcast by the TBS network in the United States and on Rumble internationally. [ 1 ]

  6. Red hands - Wikipedia

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    Red hands, [1] also known as hot hands, [2] [3] slapsies, [4] [5] slap jack, red tomato (Northern Britain), Pope slap, tennis, slaps, chicken, slappy-patties, or simply the hand slap game, [6] is a children's game which can be played by two players. One player extends their hands forward, roughly at arm's length, with the palms down.

  7. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    But the boy’s death haunts him, mired in the swamp of moral confusion and contradiction so familiar to returning veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is what experts are coming to identify as a moral injury: the pain that results from damage to a person’s moral foundation. In contrast to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, which ...

  8. Slap - Wikipedia

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    Slap, American skateboard magazine 1992–2008; Slap, Tržič, a municipality in Slovenia; SLAP tear, acronym derived from "superior labral tear from anterior to posterior", an injury to part of the shoulder blade

  9. Low five - Wikipedia

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    The low five is a hand gesture when two people slap palms together. One party extends an open palm, face upward at about waist level, the other party strikes the palm in a downward swing with their open palm. It is sometimes known as "slapping five", "give me five", or "giving/slapping skin".