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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

It's a very overused and absolutely terrible use of a word.

For two reasons:

  1. It has a predefined meaning, and if you read what the DA creators say, they're not actually "slamming" it. While they're pretty openly hostile - and for good reason - that's a far cry from what someone "slamming" someone else or a quote would be.
  2. It's inclusion in the headline is for sensationalism, which would not be needed as the "You're an idiot!"-quote already does that. Or maybe it's just surprising how desensitivized people on the net are nowadays.

To think it further, consider the whole headline had been slam-ified:

Dragon Age GOATs slam "woke" lollerz: "Cry moar!"

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

It's included in headlines is because it's a small word. At least historically. Now it's just a holdover.