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slip slop slap

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
slip s-lop s-lap
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A health campaign in Australia and New Zealand exhorting people to "slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, and slap on a hat" when they go out into the sun in order to prevent skin cancer.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Colloquial; Uncountable

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Inflected Forms

slip-slop-slap (alternative)

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What does slip slop slap mean?
A health campaign in Australia and New Zealand exhorting people to "slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, and slap on a hat" when they go out into the sun in order to prevent skin cancer.

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