Talk:slay

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Rfv-sense: to defeat (presumably without killing). Seems dubious. -- Visviva 11:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Colloquial usage in UK. (Many Google hits in British newspapers etc. - especially sports) Dbfirs 09:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Cited IMHO. —Ruakh_TALK 16:39, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

RFV passed. —Ruakh_TALK 01:24, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

yslain

The etymology of yslain is y- --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:02, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Adjective and Interjection Usages

There are many hits on Twitter if you search for 'so slay', where 'slay' basically means 'cool' as an adjective. Also 'Slay!' is sometimes used on its own as a term of approval, meaning something like 'brilliant', 'well done' or 'well said'. --Overlordnat1 (talk) 11:24, 13 April 2024 (UTC)