cyberflashing

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + flashing.

  1. derived from flasshen
  2. suffixed as flashing — “flash + ing”
  3. formed as cyberflashing — “cyber- + flashing”

Definitions

  1. The unsolicited sending of sexually explicit pictures of oneself to another person by…

    The unsolicited sending of sexually explicit pictures of oneself to another person by means of a computer or telecommunication network.

    • For many people of a certain age, particularly women, cyberflashing has become yet another cost of existing on the internet.
    • For years, the Law Commission has been advising the government to plug this gap in legislation – a chasm between how we punish real-world behaviours and the same behaviour online – by introducing a specific cyber-flashing offence.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyberflashing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA