英语词汇slap-happy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	slap-happy
词源	slap-happy. The internal rhyme of this word has insured its long life, which dates back at least to the late 1920s. It means to be very confused, dazed, or punch-drunk, and comes from the sport of boxing, which has produced too many men who act like this because they’ve taken too many blows to the head. Despite his nickname, clowning boxer Slapsy Maxie Rosen- bloom was not one of them.
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