chiefly British, disparaging + offensive
: a lewd or promiscuous woman
Examples of slag in a Sentence
Verb
London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama.
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Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2026
Indonesia uses two types of smelters, which produce potential pollutants — either tailings or slag — which can leach into the ground or water if not stored properly.
—NPR, 7 May 2026
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2025
Someone was slagging someone else, someone was telling an outraged story, someone was discussing the logistics of the night.
—Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
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Noun
The result was a golf course built on top of a mountain of slag — a rocky waste product from steel production — that was capped with bio-solids that are treated human waste.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2026
Indonesia uses two types of smelters, which produce potential pollutants — either tailings or slag — which can leach into the ground or water if not stored properly.
—NPR, 7 May 2026
Verb
Then there was that Vanity Fair profile of Trump’s inner circle of the not really best and the brightest where Chief of Staff Susie Wiles bluntly slagged everyone including her boss or went deep with a Black Op that fell flat.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2025
Someone was slagging someone else, someone was telling an outraged story, someone was discussing the logistics of the night.
—Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
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“Slag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slag. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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