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slag
1552, from M.L.G.
slagge
(Ger.
Schlacke
) "splinter flying off when metal is struck," related to O.H.G.
slahan
"to strike, slay" (see
slay
). Verbal slang meaning "denigrate" is from 1971, from noun sense of "worthless person" (1788).
