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Slip Slop Slap
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English
Slip-Slop-Slap
Alternative forms
en slip-slop-slap
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Slip Slop Slap -
en Australia NZ colloquial A health campaign in Australia and New Zealand exhorting people to "slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, and slap on a hat" when they go out into the sun in order to prevent skin cancer.
en 1999 For example in Australia, the ‘Slip Slop Slap' programme (Slip on a shirt, Slop on sunscreen, Slap on a hat) has resulted in a marked reduction in the total of sunburns during the summer. Reducing the Odds: A Manual for the Prevention of Cancer 190 Gabriel A. Kune
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