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Slan
Slan is A. E. van Vogt's science fiction novel about telepathic mutant superhumans, serialized in Astounding 1940, published by Arkham House 1946, Retro-Hugo winner, source of the slogan "fans are slans."
SLANDER B2B Svdden Death
SLANDER B2B Svdden Death is a back-to-back DJ set pairing the American bass-music acts SLANDER and Svdden Death, first streamed by Bassrush in May 2020.
Slang
Slang is informal, nontechnical group language that marks identity and challenges norms, recorded in English since at least 1500 AD; historically rooted in cant, defined via Dumas and Lighter's criteria, now transformed by digital platforms.
Slang Faculae
Slang Faculae is a 204-km-wide cluster of overlapping volcanic red spots (faculae) in southeast Caloris basin, Mercury; IAU-approved 2018, named with the Afrikaans word for snake under Mercury's snake-language facula naming theme.
Slang of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom
Bronyspeak is the fan vocabulary of bronies, adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, combining show dialogue such as everypony with fan-created terms like pegasister, clopping, and colts.
Slang terms for money
Slang terms for money, also known as folding stuff, are the informal English words for currency and its denominations, such as quid, buck, dough, fiver, and grand.
Slank
Slank is an Indonesian rock band formed in Jakarta in 1983 by drummer Bimbim and fronted since 1989 by vocalist Kaka, known for 'Balikin', street-slang lyrics, and its Slankers fan community.
Slánský trial
The Slánský trial was a show trial held in Prague in November 1952, convicting Rudolf Slánský and thirteen other leading Communist officials of treason and espionage; eleven were hanged.
Slanted
Slanted is a 2025 satirical body horror film and feature debut of Chinese-Australian director Amy Wang, in which Chinese-American teen Joan Huang undergoes Ethnos clinic surgery to become white for prom queen; SXSW 2025 Grand Jury winner, Bleecker Street release.
Slanted and Enchanted
Slanted and Enchanted (also Slanted & Enchanted) is Pavement's 1992 Matador debut album, recorded lo-fi at Gary Young's Stockton, California studio over seventeen days, whose title comes from Emily Dickinson via David Berman and which helped define 1990s indie rock.
SLAP repair
SLAP repair is an arthroscopic surgical procedure that reattaches a torn superior glenoid labrum, where the tear involves the biceps anchor, to the glenoid rim using suture anchors.
Slap Shot
Slap Shot is a 1977 Universal comedy-drama directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd from her brother Ned's Johnstown Jets minor-league hockey experiences, starring Paul Newman as player-coach Reggie Dunlop; a cult classic about goon hockey.
SLAP tear
SLAP tear (superior labrum anterior to posterior tear), also called SLAP lesion: an injury to the top of the shoulder's glenoid labrum at the biceps tendon anchor, caused by trauma or overhead sports, diagnosed by MRI, treated first with physical therapy.
Slapjack
Slapjack, also known as Slaps or Heart Attack, is a children's card game of the war group, played with a standard 52-card pack by 2 or more players.
Slappy the Dummy
Slappy the Dummy is the evil living ventriloquist dummy and mascot of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps, debuting in 1993's Night of the Living Dummy, animated by the incantation Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano, and starring in books, films, and the 2023 Disney+ series.
Slapstick
Slapstick: subgenre of physical comedy built on exaggerated, often violent action, pratfalls, and visual gags; term from the battacio paddle and Rich's Harlequinades; dominated silent cinema via Keystone (1912), Chaplin and Keaton.
Slartibartfast
Slartibartfast is a fictional character in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, an elderly Magrathean who designs coastlines and says he won an award for Norway's fjords.
Slash (musician)
Slash (Saul Hudson, born 1965) is the British-American lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses, known for melodic solos on Sweet Child O' Mine and November Rain, a Les Paul-plus-Marshall tone, and solo albums including Orgy of the Damned and Flying Blind.
Slash (punctuation)
The slash (/), also called solidus, virgule, or forward slash, is a diagonal punctuation mark used for alternatives, fractions, dates, per-units, poetry line breaks, and URL and file-path separators, distinct from the backslash.
Slash-and-burn
Slash-and-burn, also called swidden or shifting cultivation, is a farming method that clears forest by cutting and burning, crops the ash-enriched land briefly, then leaves a long fallow; sustainable only under low population density with fallows near 10 years.
Slashdot
Slashdot is a technology news and discussion website founded in 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, known for its "News for Nerds" tagline and community moderation.
Slashed zero
Slashed zero: a form of the digit 0 with a diagonal slash (or dot) distinguishing it from the letter O. OpenType 'zero' feature registered by Adobe; Unicode variation sequence 0030 FE00; used in codes, finance, and programming.
Slasher (TV series)
Slasher is a Canadian horror anthology TV series (2016-2023) created by Aaron Martin and produced by Shaftesbury, with five seasons: The Executioner, Guilty Party, Solstice, Flesh & Blood, and Ripper, aired via Chiller, Netflix, and Shudder.
Slasher film
Slasher film: horror subgenre in which a killer stalks and murders victims, usually with bladed weapons, until a surviving "Final Girl" subdues him. Founded by Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Black Christmas (1974), defined by Halloween (1978), revived by Scream (1996).
Śląsk Wrocław
WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Wojskowi, Polish football club founded 1947 from military schools; two championships (1977, 2012), two Polish Cups, plays at Tarczyński Arena (42,771), city-owned, promoted back to Ekstraklasa in 2026.
Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny
Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny (Silesian Zoological Garden), Chorzów zoo in Park Śląski, founded 1953, opened 1958; about 50 ha, third largest in Poland, over 300 species, EAZA member since 1993, with dinosaur valley exhibit.
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained metamorphic rock with slaty cleavage that splits into flat slabs, a principal roofing material in Europe and North America since Roman times.
Slate (magazine)
Slate is an American daily online magazine of news, politics, and culture, launched June 24, 1996 by Microsoft under Michael Kinsley, later owned by the Washington Post Company and now by Graham Holdings through The Slate Group.
Slate (vehicle)
The Slate, marketed as the Slate Truck, is a two-door electric pickup truck built by Slate Auto, a startup founded in 2022 and backed by Jeff Bezos, with first deliveries expected in 2026 from Warsaw, Indiana.
Slate Auto
Slate Auto is an American electric vehicle startup based in Troy, Michigan, backed by Jeff Bezos, that builds a bare-bones two-seat electric pickup convertible into an SUV.