cyber-flashing
noun[U]
informal(alsocyber flashing,cyberflashing)uk/ˈsaɪ.bə ˌflæʃ.ɪŋ/us/ˈsaɪ.bɚ ˌflæʃ.ɪŋ/theactof someone using theinternettosendanimageoftheirnakedbody,especiallythegenitals(=sexualorgans), to someone that they do notknowand who has notaskedthem to do this:
There has been ahugeincreasein thenumberof womenfallingvictimto cyber-flashing.
- Cyber-flashing is thesendingofobscenepicturestoothersover peer-to-peerWi-Finetworks, such as AirDrop.
- Policeareinvestigatinganincidentof "cyberflashing" in which a womanreceivedanunsolicitedsexualimageon herphone.
- Flashing isillegalinEnglandandWales, so why isn't cyberflashing?
- Inourpieceon cyberflashing, womendiscusswhat it's like toreceiveunsolicited"dickpics".