human flesh search engine
English
editEtymology
editCalque from Chinese 人肉搜索 (rénròu sōusuǒ).
Noun
edithuman flesh search engine (plural human flesh search engines)
- The Chinese phenomenon of distributed research using Internet media such as blogs and forums, sometimes as a form of vigilantism against an individual person/doxxing.
Synonyms
edit- HFSE (initialism)
Translations
editChinese phenomenon