The phrase "about the slap" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific incident or topic related to a slap, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The conversation quickly turned serious when they started talking about the slap that had occurred during the argument."
Alternatives: "regarding the slap" or "concerning the slap".
But the great thing about The Slap is that it cannot be neatly summarised.
Whether Steinbrenner will eventually tweak Rodriguez is uncertain, but the fans at Fenway will remind Rodriguez that they won the pennant without him and will remind him about the Slap, too.
He is not too happy about the slap, saying Chisora disrespected his opponent.
We'll be sure let you know first thing about the Slap Chop.
Facebook Platform engineer Mike Vernal then responded in the comments of one of our blog posts about the slap fight, defending Facebook's policy and calling it "consistent".
Facebook Platform engineer Mike Vernal then responded in the comments of one of our blog posts about the slap fight, defending Facebook's policy and calling it – cough – "consistent".
Something about the slapping scene, however, resounds with a deeper hurt.
Excellent to see two other books we failed to mention, but should have: Paul Murray's "Skippy Dies", a wonderful comic novel about school, and "The Slap" by Christos Tsiolkas, a power play about sex, money and how not to raise kids, all placed in the unusual setting of late 20th-century Greek Melbourne.
What about all the slapping?
It arrives in the churning wake of his massive bestseller The Slap, about the eponymous blow delivered at a family barbie, but this is a very different kettle of aquatic creatures, more personal and less trashy, though it does draw on the same well of dwelling among the second- generation immigrant communities in Melbourne.
I only have to write about the sound of the slap on the wall made by the hand of a girl kidnapped in Nigeria when she woke up this morning, or the sound Assad's head makes when it hits the pillow tonight – I don't have to be there.
