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Slippery Slope 

A small event that leads to a chain reaction of events with unintended consequences that were unforeseen at the time of the inciting event.
you being late with that package caused there to be the slippery slope effect
Slippery Slope by OGmudbone412 December 13, 2016

Slippery Slope 

A slippery slope is a situation in which events or actions readily progress from one to the next.
When the mother found an empty bottle of whiskey in her lazy teenage son's bedroom, she warned him he was on a slippery slope toward a life of indigence and destitution.
Slippery Slope by Glacial Spain December 28, 2005

Slippery Slope 

If you let one nigga slide then you gon’ have the next nigga thinking he can do the same thing and so on and so forth.
I let him slide one time now he thinks he can keep doing it again and again, what we have now is called a slippery slope. Now ima have to beat his ass.
Slippery Slope by anonymousthot August 21, 2018

Slippery-slope slippery slope 

A slippery slope is the perceived danger of a "bad" behavior or situation easily degrading into an even worse behavior or situation, resulting in a downward spiral.

Declaring that something leads to a slippery slope is a common tactic in fearmongering.

Following this definition, a "slippery-slope slippery slope" is a situation in which people accept baseless slippery-slope arguments too readily. This leads to the inevitable acceptance of dangerously ridiculous slippery-slope arguments.
"...but once you give a pass to seemingly reasonable evidence-free slippery-slope arguments, you end up with people arguing that state-subsidised health insurance leads to death panels. It's a slippery-slope slippery slope!"
- M.S.
"No, you can't have that stuff, it's junk"
The Economist
Nov 5th 2010

Slippery Slope 

n: the unfortunate occurrence of sweat build up between the cheeks of one's anus. This causes an unsettling lack of friction, and often a concern that the victim has shit them self. It is usually caused by heat and excessive walking, and is often paired with a Slippery Slope. Can be cured with toilet paper or, for the more daring, a self-induced wedgie.
Tim: Oh, butternuts, I stubbed my toe.

Darrel: Shit, nigga, we got bigga problems than that. I got a Slippery Slope back here, and we ain't seen a bathroom in miles!

Tim: I'll call an ambulance.
Slippery Slope by Whoopsht October 9, 2011

slippery slope 

A highly overused cliche phrase used by talk radio jocks, political analysts, and political tv show wannabes.
By voting in Dubya's abortion ban, congress has sent America down a slippery slope.
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
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Slop Grenade

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Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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After we broke up, he was floxi to me.
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