I wrote about page slapping in August in the context of IRC. Grant just chumped that Wired Jargon Watch just listed it in the context of email. I wonder who coined the word.
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APAIto, J. (2003, October 16). Page Slapping in Jargon Watch. Joi Ito's Web [Blog post]. https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/10/16/page-slapping-i.html
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MLAIto, Joichi. “Page Slapping in Jargon Watch.” Joi Ito's Web, 16 October 2003 https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/10/16/page-slapping-i.html. Accessed 5 Sep 2025
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Chicago (CMS)Ito, Joichi. “Page Slapping in Jargon Watch.” Joi Ito's Web (Blog), October 16, 2003, https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/10/16/page-slapping-i.html
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HarvardIto, J. (2003). Page Slapping in Jargon Watch. Joi Ito's Web. https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/10/16/page-slapping-i.html
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VancouverIto J. Page Slapping in Jargon Watch. Joi Ito's Web [Internet]. 2003 Oct 16; Available from: https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/10/16/page-slapping-i.html
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@online{Ito2003PageSlappi, author = {Ito, Joichi}, title = {{Page Slapping in Jargon Watch}}, journal = {Joi Ito's Web}, type = {Blog}, url = {https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/10/16/page-slapping-i.html}, urldate = {2025-09-05}, date = {2003-10-16}, year = {2003}, month = {Oct}, day = {16} }
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The term may be new jargon, but I page-slapped for years...
I think anyone who spends any real time on the internet has been doing it forever but never had a name for it. I read that wired this morning and remembered reading it here right away. on a side, Jargon Watch is one of my fav sections of the mag.
It appears that Brendyn did coin the term...