backslapping

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back·slap (b

)

v. back·slapped, back·slap·ping, back·slaps

v.intr.

To demonstrate effusive goodwill.

v.tr.

To demonstrate effusive goodwill toward (another or others).

backslapper n.

Translations

backslapping [ˈbækˌslæpɪŋ] N → espaldarazos mpl
mutual backslapping → bombo m mutuo

backslapping [ˈbækˌslæpɪŋ] n (fam) → scambio di pacche sulle spalle

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There's no doubt he's mayor when he's backslapping the L.

THIS MAYOR'S TOO BIG FOR L.A by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Her point is not about language but about Eichmann: the backslapping lingo of empty buzzwords and sporting metaphors passing for literacy with Willy Loman and Dilbert's pointy-haired boss was Eichmann's native tongue because it fit him to a T.

The subtle violence of nonviolent language by Flack, Chapman / Cross Currents

No doubt this incestuous and over-the-top backslapping is meant to be taken somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

Shill wind: all of Washington's political reporters read ABC's The ... by Boehlert, Eric / Washington Monthly

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