from AAVE
slay
Meaning
- To do something extremely well or look extremely good.
- (interjection) Said to praise someone for doing exactly that.
“That outfit? Slay.”
Where it came from
The modern sense comes from Black and Latino ballroom and drag culture, where it praised a flawless performance or look. Black Twitter and gay Twitter carried it into wider internet slang through the 2010s, and mainstream platforms adopted it by decade’s end.