English is the language with the most versatile abbreviations and acronyms. Expressions like OMG (Oh My God!) and LOL ("Laughing out loud"," a mixture of laughter and astonishment, has found a place among young people, and not so young people, in digital conversations. Many phenomena named in the English-speaking world are called by those names, waiting to find a catchy equivalent in their own language. This is the case with SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Opposition), which aim to name the legal actions that seek to silence critical voices through costly processes. slap means slapThis is an ingenious representation of what these lawsuits entail: a slap in the face for those who challenge the powerful by exposing their shortcomings. Or rather, a good blow, because its main element is the economic gap between the plaintiff and the defendant.