Slay
Slay by Preppy_Grinch December 14, 2025
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verb
(irregular with meaning 1) past: slew; past participle: slain
(regular with meanings 2-4): slayed
1) to kill, murder, assassinate
2) (slang) to impress someone, especially with humor
3) (slang) to do something excellent or impressive
4) (slang) to get sex, or to impress someone with sexual skills
(irregular with meaning 1) past: slew; past participle: slain
(regular with meanings 2-4): slayed
1) to kill, murder, assassinate
2) (slang) to impress someone, especially with humor
3) (slang) to do something excellent or impressive
4) (slang) to get sex, or to impress someone with sexual skills
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Slay
In LGBT+ context, to slay means to do/give something really well, to the point it impresses lots of people around you; which is comparable to (but not fully definitive of) being a soldier on a battlefield slaying everyone around him in high precision. The word 'slay' was popularised especially by the drag community, with many using it at ballroom events to complement drag queens who expressed themselves with sharp, flattering feminine energy.
For a very long time, 'slay' was a word especially centred to the LGBT+ community, especially for drag queens (the word found more prominence on RuPaul's Drag Race), and femme gay men; therefore, it was a word only people around a certain community knew of.
And then, along came Beyoncé (with especially the song Formation), causing the word to enter the vocabulary of many straight girls for the same usage and purposes (and entered even worse popularity by TikTok).
For a very long time, 'slay' was a word especially centred to the LGBT+ community, especially for drag queens (the word found more prominence on RuPaul's Drag Race), and femme gay men; therefore, it was a word only people around a certain community knew of.
And then, along came Beyoncé (with especially the song Formation), causing the word to enter the vocabulary of many straight girls for the same usage and purposes (and entered even worse popularity by TikTok).
Before 2016:
Drag Race host: Girl, I gotta say, you absolutely slayed on that lip sync battle!
After 2016:
Straight teenage girl: Hey, I have pics of Sabrina at the red carpet. Like, oh my god, have you seen her dress? It actually slays.
Drag Race host: Girl, I gotta say, you absolutely slayed on that lip sync battle!
After 2016:
Straight teenage girl: Hey, I have pics of Sabrina at the red carpet. Like, oh my god, have you seen her dress? It actually slays.
Slay by INEEDSANDVICH April 11, 2026
Slay Vag
Slay Vag by Lord Vag Slayer June 17, 2013
SLAY Radio
An online only radio station that plays only remixes of olf Commodore 64 and Amiga game tunes (mostly c64). Founded by a person by the name of Slaygon, and it even has remixes of turnes that were actually done by the same people who wrote the original as well as remixes from others.
Jim: Were you listening to American Top 40 yesterday
Scott: Fuck that mainstream crap, I was listening to undeground RAP, rock, and SLAY Radio/
Scott: Fuck that mainstream crap, I was listening to undeground RAP, rock, and SLAY Radio/
SLAY Radio by My Name Is Hugh...Mungus June 25, 2009
slay what you wanna slay and let the slay slout
slay what you wanna slay and let the slay slout by RosieIsRose May 19, 2022
Slay Ass
Slay Ass by HoseheadMutt February 21, 2011