benchslap
A benchslap is when a judge humiliates an attorney, insults another judge, or reverses a lower court in a particularly demeaning manner. A judicial bitch slap, if you will. This term was popularized by David Lat of AboveTheLaw.com (when he was blogging for UnderneathTheirRobes.com).
That was a classic Kozinski benchslap.
Judge Judy totally benchslapped that hooker that claimed to be a model, did you see that?
She might be a litigatrix, but that didn't help her dodge that brutal benchslap.
Judge Judy totally benchslapped that hooker that claimed to be a model, did you see that?
She might be a litigatrix, but that didn't help her dodge that brutal benchslap.
benchslap
In fantasy football, when you lose a match up because you benched a player who scored far more points than the one you played.
Damn, girl, you played Luck instead of Sanders this week? You got benchslapped.
benchslapped
In fantasy football, when you lose a match up because you benched a player who scored far more points than the one you played.
Damn, girl, you played Luck instead of Sanders this week? You got benchslapped.
benchslapped
To be the target of a judge's pointed rebuke.
"Man, I thought I got it hard, but the judge benchslapped the guy after me for just saying 'dude'."
First seen on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog "Federal Judge Slams Pennsylvania Lawyers"
First seen on the Wall Street Journal Law Blog "Federal Judge Slams Pennsylvania Lawyers"