Speaking unclearly by running words or sounds together without pronouncing them distinctly, or making insulting remarks about someone.
From Dutch 'slurpen' meaning to sip or drink noisily. The word entered English in the 1600s, originally describing messy eating sounds, then broadened to unclear speech.
The same word describes both drunk mumbling and hateful speech because both blur and distort meaning—our language unconsciously grouped them as forms of communication breakdown!
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