How to use slag in a sentence Furnace brick and slag remnants were still to be found in the dirt. George W. The Iron Puddler James J. Also called: cinder the fused material formed during the smelting or refining of metals by combining the flux with gangue, impurities in the metal, etc. It usually consists of a mixture of silicates with calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, etc See also basic slag.
British slang a coarse or dissipated girl or woman. Derived forms of slag slagging , noun slaggy , adjective. The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore. It consists mostly of the siliceous and aluminous impurities from the iron ore. All rights reserved. Different areas within the same country, or even the same city, can have their own distinct slang.
It's no surprise then that slang in the city of London alone, for example, can be so dissimilar, nevermind between different English speaking countries in general. Used to mean if something is a bit stupid. These two words are British slang for drunk.
Used to describe something or someone a little suspicious or questionable. For example, it can refer to food which tastes out of date or, when referring to a person, it can mean that they are a bit sketchy.
This is a truly British expression. For example, "When my dad saw the mess I made, he lost the plot. This British expression means to have a tantrum, however, tends to be used when describing tantrums thrown by adults, or people who should otherwise know better.
The British do love their tea after all! It is regarded as a mild expletive swear word but due to its common usage, it is generally acceptable.
This is not a particularly nice word to describe someone as it means a fool or a stupid person. This is a derogatory British slang word for a young hooligan who normally starts fights and makes trouble.
It describes a person, usually a man, who is very unpleasant, incompetent, or is an idiot. A bit like flirting. You'll hear this one a lot on the British Love Island. Another great British insult. Yet another classic British slang term of insult.
With a hint of delusion. Slag meaning a female prostitute seems to have first developed much later - around the s - and its more general application to loose girls or women is later still, s probably at soonest.
So the notion that slag came directly from the iron and steel industry to the loose woman meaning is rather an over-simplification. The first slags were men, when the meaning was weak-willed and untrustworthy, and it is this meaning and heritage that initially underpinned the word's transfer to the fairer sex. Slag is probably between bitch and cunt on your spectrum.
It's not a word someone would use casually. You would only use it to describe someone that you really dislike and even then other words are to be preferred. If you directly refer to someone as a slag then yes, you should prepare for a fight. My mental image of a situation where ''slag'' is used involves two groups of chavvy women, drunk, outside a pub, late at night, fighting over someone's boyfriend. That's pretty much the only time you should use the term.
As a British woman, I would say the answer depends entirely on context and intent. But if the intent is cruelty, then slag and slut are pretty much equal, but slut needs a little more caution see below. Both mean loose and dirty. Bitch and cunt here mean something else, they don't mean loose, they mean spiteful, cruel, nasty. Many women here are trying to reclaim cunt as a powerful word for their genitalia, and fair play to them. But at the moment, cunt is not a word you would risk using in any society, let alone a polite one.
Also, here, we men especially quite often refer to each other as slags in a very humorous way by extending the 'a', as in, 'You slaaaaag'. And it just means to suggest someone's being a bit cheeky or naughty. And in that context, especially if you're a bit of a lad, it's almost a compliment! If one of my girlfriends had a one-night-stand or even snogged some guy in a club, I could quite easily call her a slag and she wouldn't be offended, because of the lack of intent.
I wouldn't, however, call her a slut. It doesn't have the same humorous connotation. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. These are large mounds of thrown away slag. Citizen: I hate all this waist slag polluting the local environment.
Council member: Don't worry; we are currently working on removing all of the slag heaps. A filthy whore who roots all the boys and loves it!
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