Neologism in the News: Fappening

[Eric Nielsen]

Masturbate. Nude celebrity photos are supposed to ignite the Fappening. A
worldwide ononist happening. I hope there aren't too many videos of that.

Yeah, I never would have guessed.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fap

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The%20Fappening&defid=7888488

Eric







On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > "Fapp"
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> What does it mean?
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