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Practical jokes; coffee breaks; banter; and, certainly in my experience, plenty of slagging for the journalist tagging along in the back of the car.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

“This is not about slagging anyone off in this TV series at all,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2021

Fearn doesn’t share the inclination, saying, “I’ve never really been into slagging bands off. It’s just not my thing.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021

Black was seeing the first of what would eventually be millions of comments slagging the video.

From Slate • May 22, 2020

Gary Drake and Ross Wilcox might’ve been slagging me off, but the fainter the voices became, the less I wanted to go back.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell