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cyberflash

American

[sahy-ber-flash] / ˈsaɪ bərˌflæʃ /

verb (used with or without object)

to send (a person) unsolicited, unwanted, sexually explicit images or video using digital platforms: If you cyberflash, you should know that it's now a crime.

A stranger cyberflashed us in a video call yesterday.
If you cyberflash, you should know that it's now a crime.

Other Word Forms

cyberflashing

noun

Etymology

Origin of cyberflash

First recorded in 2015–20; cyber- ( def. ) + flash (in the sense “to open one's clothes and expose the genitals suddenly in public”)

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