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Good to see the verb "whap" getting an outing. Is that a word with which American readers are familiar?
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In the south it is a colloquialism used by older generations. I heard it all the time when I was a child, but it has fallen out of favor (even in the south) with the rise of TV English.
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Grew up in Northeast Ohio, never knew there was anything unusual about it until your comment.
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