Entry · catalog no. 1039

slatt

/ slæt /SLAT

interjection · south · 2010s

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Slime love all the time — a term of loyalty, love, and solidarity between close friends or crew.

“Stay down for the ones who stay down for you. Slatt.”

Origin & Attribution

Atlanta, popularized by Young Thug and the YSL (Young Stoner Life) collective in the 2010s, expanding 'slime' as a name for a trusted friend.

2010s

"Slime" as trusted-friend term in Atlanta

2016

Popularized by Young Thug and YSL

2020s

Widened online as a loyalty term

Region of origin

West

Midwest

N.East

South

The South

south · 2010s

Spoken by

Atlanta rap speakers

$SLATTThe Record · cultural traction

▲ Rising

10 yrs

ahead of the mainstream

70/100

peak cultural energy

Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.

Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest

First used

2016

in the culture

Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.

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New Orleans, LA

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Houston, TX

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Citations & Sources

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Young Thug and YSL — Atlanta · 2010s

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Slimelife Shawty — explains "SLATT," interview

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