slag (off) v.
to criticize, to slander, to attack verbally.
Goodbye to The Hill (1966) 71: There was always somebody to hold a place for me in the queue. Usually when I crept in [...] some oul’ one behind would start slagging me for not taking my turn. | ||
Buttons 75: He was doing a good job of bad mouthing and slagging me to a number of Angels. | ||
Villain’s Tale 91: [He] slagged off other drivers who got in his way. | ||
Minder [TV script] 58: Not that I want to slag off Arthur. | ‘Senior Citizen Caine’ in||
in Living Dangerously 157: They used to slag me in front of her. | ||
How to Shoot Friends 28: While I may slag off at most of them, girls like Tauree are the exception. | ||
The Joy (2015) [ebook] Unless that’s [i.e. a love letter] code for something, he’s going to get slagged to death in the morning. | ||
Hip-Hop Connection Dec. 8: Verbal abuse from fans when we slag off their favourite rappers is bad enough. | ||
Layer Cake 178: Freddie was givin it large, slagging everyone. | ||
Guardian G2 4 Mar. 18: He started slagging off Sid Fearlittle, another con we knew. | ||
Thrill City [ebook] She was slagging me off to anyone who’d listen, telling them [...] I’d only got published because I was young and good-looking and I’d slept with the right people. | ||
Independent 24 Jan. 37/1: Nobody Gagas, or Ke$has or Beyoncés or slags anyone off. | ||
Guardian 31 Oct. 🌐 Fox News Slagging Off Radiohead. | ||
I Am Already Dead 16: Hastie started with his slagging off of Rowdy, calling him a traitor, a dog, a company man, a mummy’s boy. | ||
Empty Wigs (t/s) 725: It’s bad form (that again) to slag so-called rivals. |
In derivatives
criticism, verbal attack.
Frying-Pan 20: The Wing Meetings are shocking, all they are is slagging sessions. | ||
Decadence in Decadence and Other Plays (1985) 28: What a double choke to suffer slagging from the slut I poke. | ||
What Do You Reckon (1997) [ebook] [D]oesn’t [she] give Australia a nice slagging? | ‘I Might be a Racist, But’ in||
Now You Know 152: She gave us a right slagging-off last night. | ||
Yes We Have No 333: A lot of racial slagging on both sides. | ||
(con. 1980s) Skagboys 10: Andy n some other boys join in n ah jist take the slaggin cause it’s pointless arguing wi dozy auld fuckers. |