pimp slap

See also: pimp-slap

English

Alternative forms

pimp-slap

Pronunciation

enPR: ʹpĭmp slăp IPA^(key): /ˈpɪmp slæp/
Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

pimp slap (plural pimp slaps)

(slang, vulgar) A powerful slap to the face.^[1]
- 2001, Paul Beatty, The White Boy Shuffle, Picador, →ISBN, page 53:
  These silent greetings were often returned in spades, accompanied by the angry rejoinder “Nigger, what the fuck you looking at?” and a pimp slap that echoed in my eyes for a week.
- 2002, Reginald Sinclair Lewis, "The Black Klan Killers", in Inside My Head, iUniverse, →ISBN, pages 10–11:
  […] Respect for your / Elders was lost right then— / In the pistol whippings, the pimp slaps, cold / Beatdowns and in-home invasions and / [page break] / Mass killings we read about in / The newspapers and on the “Action / News” and on all the subway trains / Fleeing the cities you inhabited.
- 2004, Michael Atkinson, Life Is Amazing, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 132:
  Oh thanks a lot mother yucker, and I don’t recall telling you to elaborate,I said tell me why the yuck I’m getting an “F” without me taking a test. ¶ That’s what I recall saying,but I did not say this to him. He may have given me a pimp slap.
- 2006, Gloria P. Glover, "Where You At Big Brother?", in Glendoria’s Creations: Poems from the Heart, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 52:
  But don’t worry Bro / I’ll get them all back... / I’m coming with a backhanded pimp slap and a fully loaded gat!
- For additional quotations, see pimp-slap.
- 2007-2008, Saints Row I&II:
  The act of using the Pimp Slap mentioned in the above article to kill/damage an NPC or vehicle.

Usage notes

For some English speakers, there is a distinction between a pimp slap and a bitch slap, in which a pimp slap is backhanded (delivered with the back of the hand), while a bitch slap is openhanded (delivered with the palm of the hand). For most speakers, however, the two terms are synonymous, referring equally to either kind of slap.

Synonyms

(slap to the face): bitch slap

Verb

pimp slap (third-person singular simple present pimp slaps, present participle pimp slapping, simple past and past participle pimp slapped)

(slang, vulgar, transitive) Alternative spelling of pimp-slap^[2]
- 2001, Johnnie L. Mitchell, 88 Ways to Die, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 27:
  “ […] That’s what really got me pissed. I admit it. I pimp slapped her a couple times. […] ”
- 2005, Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker, "Whatever It Takes", in Kiss the Year Goodbye, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 21:
  “Hey, Indian.” Mr. Marcus, my next-door neighbor, smiled, with the gold caps in the front of his mouth shining. I felt like pimp slapping the shit out of him. How many times do I have to tell him my damn name is not Indian? I hope he’s not coming to borrow any sugar, because I’ma tell him no.
- 2006, Brandelyn N. Castine, Spoken Silence: Life in 4 Parts, self-published, →ISBN, page 169:
  […] just when I am feeling my most smug, the hand of God reaches down and pimp slaps me into reality.

References

^ "pimp slap" in Geneva Smitherman, Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner, Houghton Mifflin (1994), →ISBN, page 181, and Houghton Mifflin (2000), →ISBN, page 230: "An open-handed slap across the face."
^ David Burke, The Slangman Guide to Dirty English: Dangerous Expressions Americans Use Every Day, Slangman Publishing (2003), →ISBN, page 145: "To slap someone as if he or she is less important."

[1] "pimp slap" in Geneva Smitherman, Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner, Houghton Mifflin (1994), →ISBN, page 181, and Houghton Mifflin (2000), →ISBN, page 230: "An open-handed slap across the face."

[2] David Burke, The Slangman Guide to Dirty English: Dangerous Expressions Americans Use Every Day, Slangman Publishing (2003), →ISBN, page 145: "To slap someone as if he or she is less important."

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