Verb. The act of editing video footage of a person, especially an interview, to completely change the meaning of what they were saying or doing in order to falsely depict them in a
negative light. Based on the Simpsons episode "Homer Badman" where Homer Simpson is falsely accused of
sexual harassment, is interviewed by an
investigative journalist who then proceeds to heavily edit the footage to make it seem like he want to grab her "sweet can".
A: Did you see that interview with professor Whateverington? The interviewer totally pwned him!
B: Dude, that interview was a sweetcanning. You saw
five minutes, they had recorded a full hour. They actually took answers to some
questions and edited it to make them answers to other
questions. Professor Whateverington actually has the full footage and published it, you can see for yourself.