“Bootslapping: to express political displeasure by throwing footwear.”
Source: Macintyre, Ben. "Who Puts the Boot Into the Shoe Throwers?" The Times Online, February 5, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article5663234.ece
Source: Macintyre, Ben. "Who Puts the Boot Into the Shoe Throwers?" The Times Online, February 5, 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article5663234.ece
Subsequent to the incident where an Iraqi threw his shoes at George W. Bush, bootslapping became a frequent expression of public protest.
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Derived from the saying: 'Pull yourself up by your bootstraps,' as it involves paradoxically gaining entrance to a party through means possible only if oneself is already invited.
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