Definition of slam book

slam book    

• a paper notebook passed between peers at a school, in which they write mean things about classmates and others.

                                         
  
  Citation from article title, Tampa Tribune, Candace J. Samolinksi and Ronnie Blair, May 8 2002 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: criticism.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 18 2010.

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• To write or to say mean things about a person is to "slam" that person.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 11 2018.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'criticism':
flack	Definitions include: misspelling / alternate spelling of flak.
sh*t	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
sh*t talking	Definitions include: the action of someone "talking shit".
grief	Definitions include: criticism.
crap	Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit."

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Other terms relating to 'book':
book	Definitions include: to leave quickly.
book it	Definitions include: to move very fast.
book smarts	Definitions include: knowledge gained from reading and studying.
by the book	Definitions include: strictly following procedure.
central booking	Definitions include: a lock-up in a local police station.
close the book	Definitions include: to end.
cooked books	Definitions include: manipulated accounting records.
cook the books	Definitions include: to change accounting records to hide fraud or other crimes.
go off-book	Definitions include: to not follow the script.
hit the books	Definitions include: to prepare for school.
one for the books	Definitions include: something extremely notable.
throw the book at	Definitions include: to prosecute to the full extent of the law.
Other terms relating to 'slam':
slam	Definitions include: put one down; criticize.
slam dance	Definitions include: to "dance" by running into fellow slam dancers.
slam dunk	Definitions include: a sure thing.
slam it	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
slammed	Definitions include: to lower a car's springs.
slammin'	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
slamming	Definitions include: rockin; totally cool; very enjoyable; Awesome.
slam piece	Definitions include: a person with whom one has sex, but without friendship or dating.
take a slam	Definitions include: to defecate.

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