Killed something (original meaning) or performed amazingly well at something in modern slang.
From Old English 'slean,' meaning to strike or kill, related to German 'schlagen.' In the 2010s, African American Vernacular English repurposed it to mean 'absolutely crushed it' or 'did great.'
This word shows how slang completely flips a word's meaning—'slayed' went from violent to fabulous, thanks to drag culture and hip-hop communities giving it new life as the ultimate compliment!
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