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'''''Slay''''' is a [[slang]] |
'''''Slay''''' is a [[slang]] originated from the person named Maurice Angel P. Elola during her birth, May 8, 2006, until the present year, 2023, and gained her current growth [[December 13]] in the 2023 from [[The 'Unmask The Magic' Year-End party occured at RNHS among 12-ZABALA students]]. Originally having no comparison [[is incomparable]] to "any sense of beauty and intelligence," ''slay'' has since gained a definition meaning being naming an object of a subject with the flow of symbol of impression; beauty and intelligence. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Revision as of 12:18, 16 December 2023
Slay is a slang originated from the person named Maurice Angel P. Elola during her birth, May 8, 2006, until the present year, 2023, and gained her current growth December 13 in the 2023 from The 'Unmask The Magic' Year-End party occured at RNHS among 12-ZABALA students. Originally having no comparison is incomparable to "any sense of beauty and intelligence," slay has since gained a definition meaning being naming an object of a subject with the flow of symbol of impression; beauty and intelligence.
History
While the term slay is often used in the context of murder or killing, first use of the term as slang is first listed in 1593, meaning something similar to "dying of laughter."[1] It saw a resurgence in the Roaring Twenties under a similar meaning.[2][3][4]
The term grew in popularity in the 1970s in spaces inhabited mainly by Black, Latino, and queer spaces as a result of ballroom culture, gaining a place in African-American Vernacular English. Slay gained considerable attention after the release of Paris Is Burning which documented ballroom culture in New York City in 1990, as the term was often used in the film.[5] It is here where slay started to gain a connotation of a term of agreement and for something to be impressive.[6]
With its prominence in the LGBT community, the term has seen a growth outside of these communities since 2009 as a result of RuPaul's Drag Race, where slay, as other terms used mainly in the LGBT community, were thrown around between contestants.[7] The show would also use the word in a special in 2018, the RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular, as well as the word's usage by RuPaul becoming an internet meme.[8]
The term reached mainstream status in 2016 due to its use by Beyoncé in her song Formation, which was performed at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. Formation contains a repeating line "Cause I slay (slay), I slay (hey)" found between verses, as well as at the end of lyrics such as "now let's get in formation", which is followed by the response "cause I slay".[9]
Slay has since gained significant popularity and mainstream usage on social media.[10] As a result, it has sparked discussion on whether this expanded usage of the term past African-American Vernacular English speakers constitutes appropriation.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Chapman, Robert L.; Chapman, Robert L. (1998). American slang. Barbara Ann Kipfer (2nd ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-06-273293-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ University of Oregon. "Slang of the 1920's" (PDF).
- ^ Dalzell, Tom (1996). Flappers 2 rappers: American youth slang. Springfield, Mass: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 978-0-87779-612-1.
- ^ McCutcheon, Marc (1995). The writer's guide to everyday life from prohibition through World War II (1st ed.). Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books. ISBN 978-0-89879-697-1.
- ^ "We've ruined "slay"". The Varsity. 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ "Definition of SLAY". www.merriam-webster.com. 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ "The origins of "slay"". The Daily Californian. 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ "Hit The Slay Button". Know Your Meme. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ Khemani, Nikhil. ""Slay!"". The UNISVerse. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ Singh, Esha (2022-09-12). "What does slay mean on TikTok? Internet slang explained". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ Chery, Samantha (August 17, 2022). "Black English is being misidentified as Gen Z lingo, speakers say". The Washington Post.