The day in which the Great Journey commenced as foretold in the Great Prophecy, in which hundreds of nude pictures of various female celebrities, whose bodies many men have salivated over, were leaked on the Internet. As a result of a leak of such biblical proportions, "The Fappening" commenced, which implies that thousands masturbated to these leaked pictures.

8-31-14, Never Forget The Fappening.
Sam: Dude, remember when all those pics of Kate Upton and JLaw went viral?

Tim: Yeah man, I took part in The Fappening.
by YourBestWorstFrenemy September 1, 2014
Get the The Fappening mug.
August 31st 2014, a day that shall go down in history. On the day of The Fappening ,high amounts of explicit photos of various female celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Ariana Grande were leaked. The internet rejoiced.
P1: Dude did you see those leaked nudes of Jennifer Lawrence?
P2: Of course! Who didn't take part in the fappening?
by UntamedMustache September 1, 2014
Get the The Fappening mug.
A very hard pinch. Usually performed with a pinching gesture.
"Thats the fucking fappen"
"Thats it you are getting the fappen"
Get the The fappen mug.
A portmanteau of "happening" and "fap", the latter of which in turn is an onomatopoeia for masturbation. Popularized by the 2014 celebrity pictures hacking scandal, or "Celebgate".
The Fappening is the name that’s been given to the gigantic booty of sexts and other steamy photos that leaked all over the internet after first being posted on 4Chan earlier this weekend
by AGC195 September 2, 2014
Get the fappening mug.
The greatest day in the history of the internet, which took place from August 31st-September 1st, 2014. Dozens of nude photos from the hottest celebrities such as Kate Upton and Jennifer Lawrence were leaked into the internet underground and made their way onto social media shortly after. It was also discovered that Kate's boyfriend Justin Verlander may have been cheating on her with other women, judging by the numerous pictures and videos of women leaked from his phone.
Man 1: Dude, why didn't you come into work yesterday?
Man 2: .....The Fappening.
by The composer September 1, 2014
Get the The Fappening mug.
31st of August 2014 saw the release of nude pictures of celebrities including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton by a based god through hacking these celeberties' iCloud accounts.

The pictures have spread through social media platforms such as reddit and 4chan

/r/Thefappening and the /b/ have been the engines in which has propelled this event into history.
Remember remember the 31st of August for that day The Fappening was brought upon us all.
by FAPPER September 1, 2014
Get the The Fappening mug.
When someone or something is so attractive that you would add them or it to your spank bank and or start “fappingon the spot.
Damn Georgina you are Fappening right now.
by IW69 February 25, 2020
Get the Fappening mug.