slam piece

noun

A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a highly unfavorable manner.

Meanings

nounslam piece (plural slam pieces)

plural slam pieces

  1. informalA journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a highly unfavorable manner.

    A Soldier of Fortune slam piece sought to devalue Gritz among his own jingoistic constituency.

    1995, Adam Parfrey, Cult Rapture, Feral House, →ISBN, page 258
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    The article, one paper said, was not a "slam piece, another one of those shots of bad national publicity about Buffalo."

    1983, Mark Goldman, High Hopes: The Rise and Decline of Buffalo, New York, University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 274

    Rowland Evans and Robert Novak have produced another "slam piece" about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee […]

    1991 March 11, Mayer Mitchell, Thomas A. Dine, “AIPAC's Action Alert”, in The Washington Post

    Synonyms: hatchet job

  2. slangA sexual partner to whom one has no particular emotional attachment.

    Lorna: So, my daughter is just your slam piece?

    2011, Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck, Friends with Benefits
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    Discover gay roommate has just stumbled home from a night with his “slam piece.”

    2008 February 11, Arianne Cohen, “The Multi-Orgasmic Woman Test-driving a Potential New Boyfriend”, in New York Magazine

    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).

    2009 February 13, Steve Austin, “Lustful advice for the loveless”, in Cavalier Daily

    Ricky was crashing with his slam piece Liana; he said she had a posse of hot friends and everything would be raw as hell.

    2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Adams Media, →ISBN

    Her straightforward messages of "meat is murder" and "every frat guy has a slam piece" really went over well with the student body.

    2012 April 19, Kelsey Castanon, “S**t nobody says at K-state: from parking praise to spring fever”, in Kansas State Collegian, page 4

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a highly unfavorable manner.

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Chicago

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