Definitions

Main Entry: slap
Function: transitive verb

to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand : to assail verbally : insult. Or as Dan Bejar once sang “stay critical or die.”

Example — racism.

Main Entry: clap
Function: verb

to strike (the hands) together repeatedly usually in applause : to strike with the flat of the hand in a friendly way : Or the scene in the movie Lucas when Lucas puts on his varsity jacket for the first time.

Example — a Prince concert.

Main Entry: slapclap

(Dis)-approval. That which we hate so much as to fall in love with or that which we love too much and turn away from. It’s about ironic admiration and it’s about getting off board before what you love turns sour.

Examples: the Joe Piscopo movie Two Bits and Pepper. The Outkast song “Hey Ya!“.