Talk:slay

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

Colloquial usage in UK. (Many Google hits in British newspapers etc. - especially sports) Dbfirs 09:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cited IMHO. —RuakhTALK 16:39, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

RFV passed.RuakhTALK 01:24, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

Adjective and Interjection Usages[edit]

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)[reply]