- Slag (slang)
Slag is a
pejorative slang term, primarily used inUnited Kingdom , theRepublic of Ireland andAustralia , to describe women who engage incasual sex and promiscuous behaviour. Its meaning is broadly similar to the terms "slut " and "skank " but generally considered a harsher term. It originally derives from the same term for piles of impurities skimmed off during the smelting of metals.Other words for slag include;
slut or scrubber. In Australia, the world "slurry" is also used as an insult, in this case the meaning derives from the stone slurry discharged as waste from the mining of metals.In the 1970s television series "
The Sweeney ", the term 'slag' is often used in both the 'promiscuous woman' sense and also to mean a petty criminal.Today, usage increasingly finds the word used in the additional context of referring to persons of any
gender considered contemptible. It's also been used to mean "insult in jest" or "tease playfully" inIreland in particular, but also in some parts ofCanada and theUnited Kingdom . To 'slag someone off', is to insult them, not necessarily in a serious way.In the United Kingdom and
New Zealand , to slag something (or someone) off is to insult / pick faults with it (or them) in some way, constructively or not and usually to a 3rd party. For example: "This beer is crap", or " [Name] is a fool". This can be related directly to "Removing theSlag " from smelting metal, as in effect you're pointing out the faults/impurities of that person/object. Fact|date=May 2008The cartoon
Batman Beyond , also know as Batman of the Future in areas where this term is popular, created a lexicon to further represent how things had changed in the 40 plus years since Bruce Wayne retired. The term Slag was used as an expletive used as both aVerb and aNoun .In the Transformers universe, slag is the equivalent to the word
shit .In the Alien Nation franchise, Slag is a pejorative term for the race of aliens known as "Newcomers".
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The Fat Slags
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