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'slam' is such a weird verb for this sort of thing, and it only seems to turn up in headlines. It is supposed to be a wrestling metaphor? Its such an odd mental
by codeulike 6y ago
'slam' is such a weird verb for this sort of thing, and it only seems to turn up in headlines. It is supposed to be a wrestling metaphor? Its such an odd mental image.
- kthejoker2 6y agoIt's slang from around the turn of the 20th century. No joke, it comes from birdsong hobbyists, when two birds were "competing" they would insert deliberately off and loud notes to intimidate and silence each other. They named those "slams" like a door slam. That became the slang for the patter of street hawkers when they negged you or heckled someone else for laughs and attention, and eventually became slang for any kind of insult or put down.
- codeulike 6y agoWow, thanks. Had no idea.