unslappable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ slappable.

Adjective[edit]

unslappable (comparative more unslappable, superlative most unslappable)

  1. Not slappable.
    • 2020, Rachel Monroe, Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, New York, NY: Scribner, →ISBN, page 76:
      Despite the family's attempts to rebuff her, Rosie kept popping up, buzzing at the margins of the family's life like an unslappable mosquito.
    • 2023 March 12, Stephanie Goodman, “How the Slap Has Changed the Oscars”, in The New York Times[1]:
      But the Oscars host, Jimmy Kimmel, doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. His commercial promoting the Oscars includes several references to Rock, a former host himself. And the spot, a spoof of “Top Gun: Maverick,” explains that ABC was intent on finding an M.C. “who’s unflappable — and unslappable.”