If something gets punched and put in the slats it gets killed and strung up in the slatted house. When cows go to the slaughter house they get punched and put in the slats.

The punch comes from a cattle gun. Seen in the film "No country for old men".

v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem

n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem

(from a TV ad for HD television)