slag

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang, derogatory) A prostitute or promiscuous woman; a slut.Examples: "1984, Tristan Jones, Heart of Oak, 1997, paperback edition, page 260, We never talked about that, of course; we talked about how we could find a woman in the Dilly, and if the Yanks had taken them all, how we could always resort to the peroxided older slags who hung out around the side doors to Waterloo station and did knee tremblers for the Yanks."; "Which grotesque auld hing-oot will the shrivelled post-menopausal slag want tae shaft? Stay tuned."; "2002, Josephine Cox, The Woman Who Left, 2012, ebook, unnumbered page, ‘Slag! Wait till I tell Jacob what we′ve been doing – and I will, you mark my words! He′ll want nowt to do with you then, will he, eh? He′ll see you for what you really are. A cheap and nasty little bitch!’"Synonyms: hussy, skank, NB: All terms are usually pejorative unless stated otherwise., 304, alley cat, alleycat, amorette, amoretAustraliaIrelandUKcountablederogatoryslanguncountable

2. (UK, Ireland, derogatory, dated) A coward.Synonyms: chicken, quakebuttock, bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, cowardIrelandUKcountabledatedderogatoryuncountable

3. (UK, Ireland, chiefly Cockney, derogatory) A contemptible person, a scumbag.Examples: "The writers took it for granted that England, with its working class composed of slags, purple-nosed losers, and animals fed on pinball, pornography and junk-food, was disintegrating into terminal class-struggle."; "1996, Sarah Kane, Phaedra′s Love, Scene 8, 2001, Sarah Kane: Complete Plays, page 100, Kill him. Kill the royal slag."; "2012, Danny Dyer, tweet, quoted by Alexis Petridis, "Danny Dyer: why them 9/11 slags are freaking his nut", The Guardian Can't believe it's been nearly 11 years since them slags smashed into the twin towers"Synonyms: arsehole, prick, arsehole, ass, assface, asshat, asshole, asswipeCockneyIrelandUKcountablederogatoryuncountable