Slip Slop Slap
(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
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(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.
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.
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