Citations:slap

English citations of slap

Verb: "(slang, of music) to be excellent"

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• 2017, David James Young, "Beck's Best Non-Beck Bits And Bobs", The Brag, 4 October 2017, page 34:

  His low-energy presence on a song that very clearly slaps is entertaining enough on its own, […]

• 2018, Traci Burns, "Bob Lennon's 'Ashtrays", The 11th Hour, 19 January - 2 February 2018, page 26:

  They play it again; it slaps again.

• 2018, Kylee Grimwood, "Brother Moses", Poptized Magazine, Winter 2018, page 8:

  they've managed to combine vulnerability, insane musicianship, and strong storytelling into every song on the album, and i'm just really proud. also, the whole thing slaps.

• 2019, "Glass Battles", PT Music Watch, Issue 1 (2019), page 35:

  There are some cinematic elements, but at the end of the day, the album fucking slaps.

• 2019, McKayla Dyk, "Pop's New Trend: Celebrating Singleness", Heart Eyes, Issue 12 (2019), page 40:

  Today's music recognizes that. And it slaps.

• 2019, Gloria Perez, "Your Things", Your Mag, April 2019, page 74:

  Also I will never get tired of the song "Motion Sickness" by Phoebe Bridgers. Shit slaps.

• 2019, Paul Watson, "ADP: The Hit Maker", Headliner, Issue 29 (2019), page 33:

  I do all my drum programming in FL, which for me, slaps way harder than anything else […]

• 2019, Emma Burleigh, "Blood Orange: Angel's Pulse", Vinyl Tap, Fall 2019, page 37:

  Not only do I think this song slaps, but Dev himself thinks it slaps as well.

• 2019, Elly Watson, "The Great 2019 Debate", DIY, November 2019, page 59:

  2016's 'Girls Like Me' still slaps to this day.

• 2020, Anna Hirshman & Allie Morgenstern, "Ewan's Eyes", The Tufts Daily (Tufts University), 4 February 2020, page 4:

  But the movie does include “Silly Love Songs” (1976), a banger. It slaps.

• 2020, "The Loveliest Vibe", The Western Howl (Western Oregon University), 12 February 2020, page 5:

  “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga — This song needs no explanation. It. Slaps.

Noun "affront, slap in the face"

• 1981 April 11, Mitzel, “Kopacz Acquitted In Barbre Killing”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

  This gross insult to our community, this slap at fair play, this assault on the rights of innocent people.