slagheap

plural slagheaps

1. alternativeAlternative form of slag heap.

   The smoke-pall of industrial Lancashire hung over the landscape; perhaps slagscape would be a more fitting term. The general prospect was a succession of chimney-stacks, factories, pit-heads, slagheaps, junctions, sidings and coal wagons.

   1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 11

2. Something resembling a slag heap: a large quantity of something unwanted, unnecessary, discarded, or worthless; slop.

   Last fall, at the start of the so-called awards season, Sony Pictures brought out “The Social Network,” but this was a diamond glittering on a yearlong slagheap of cookie-cutter action flicks, romantic comedies and buddy romps.

   2011 February 2, Manohla Dargis, “Still a Home for Directors, and Big Foot”, in New York Times, retrieved 30 Jun 2026

   2 more examples

   The value of agony aunts to the world can never truly be appreciated, but Sex, Lies And Love Bites: The Agony Aunt Story (Tuesday, 9pm, BBC4) has a good stab, documenting their creation, ascension and educational reach. Some would cheerfully fling the advice column on the “frivolous shit women like” slagheap. I’d like to invite those people to stick this fascinating origin story, expertly unravelled by Philippa Perry, in their pipe and smoke it.

   2015 March 10, Filipa Jodelka, “Sex, Lies And Love Bites: The Agony Aunt Story”, in The Guardian, retrieved 30 Jun 2026

   News-USA Today is hardly the only slagheap that’s hallucinating or fabricating EFF personnel and quotes; as we wrote last September, media companies large and small are using AI to generate news content because it’s cheaper than paying for journalists’ salaries, but that savings can come at the cost of the outlets’ reputations— assuming they care about reputation at all.

   2026 June 11, Josh Richman, “‘News’ Site Keeps Hallucinating EFF Staffers”, in Deeplinks - the EFF blog, retrieved 30 Jun 2026