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slam piece (plural slam pieces)
- (informal) A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a highly unfavorable manner.
1983, Mark Goldman, High Hopes: The Rise and Decline of Buffalo, New York, University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 274:The article, one paper said, was not a "slam piece, another one of those shots of bad national publicity about Buffalo."
1991 March 11, Mayer Mitchell, Thomas A. Dine, “AIPAC's Action Alert”, in The Washington Post:Rowland Evans and Robert Novak have produced another "slam piece" about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee […]
1995, Adam Parfrey, Cult Rapture, Feral House, →ISBN, page 258:A Soldier of Fortune slam piece sought to devalue Gritz among his own jingoistic constituency.
- (slang) A sexual partner to whom one has no particular emotional attachment.
2009 February 13, Steve Austin, “Lustful advice for the loveless”, in Cavalier Daily:Of course, there’s also the holy Facebook trinity — wall posts, messages (it makes him feel like you’re keeping a big secret, which sends the right message that you’re not above being the secret slam piece on the side) and the coup de grace — pokes (which let him know you’re not a prude and happy to make things physical).
2011, Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck, Friends with Benefits:Lorna: So, my daughter is just your slam piece?
2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Adams Media, →ISBN:Ricky was crashing with his slam piece Liana; he said she had a posse of hot friends and everything would be raw as hell.
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