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Celebrity gossip is bread and water to internet users to births, engagement, weddings, breakups, divorce, and death, every detail of a celebrity’s life can become a trending topic. full of “positive energy,” scandals— an extramarit­al affair, or love of call girls—are always more appealing.

Once caught, the celebrity will an online carnival. As idle netizens It’s just a rumor! There’s no solid hammer at all!

to carry heavy tools to gossip. “Solid hammer” ( 9 9) is web slang for “ironclad evidence.” No hammer, no cry, say the diehard fans.

Though its origin seems almost untraceabl­e, this expression is simple to understand, because inarguable proof of a wrongdoing can smash the reputation and even career of a celebrity, just like a strong hammer. In an era dominated by the web, “solid hammer” usually refers to a photograph, voice chat, screenshot, or don’t have any of these, you will be labeled a ( g who defames others on purpose), who literally ( g , “blacken”) or slanders

at all. They are just randomly blackening his name!

Usually, fans and n yry belong to rival camps. However, a fan’s defense of claimed to be singer Xue Zhiqian’s of swindling her out of money but cheating on his wife. Xue’s fans were

“SOLID HAMMER” USUALLY REFERS TO A PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE CHAT, SCREENSHOT, OR VIDEO THAT CONFIRMS CELEBRITY RUMORS

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