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(informal) Any of various controversies involving a well-known person slapping another person or thing..
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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Slapgate means (informal) Any of various controversies involving a well-known person slapping another person or thing..
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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.
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