The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 31, August 3, 2003, Article 13

SLABBING GAINS POPULARITY IN HIP-HOP SLANG

  Last week Dick Johnson wrote that  Merriam-Webster
  added "dead presidents" to their dictionary.  The phrase
  "was tracked to 1944 but required a half century of slang
  use before reaching a permanent status in book form.
  It had gained popularity in hip-hop and rap."

  Doug Andrews writes: "At this rate, it should take at least
  390 years before "slabbing,"  in the numismatic context,
  first makes an appearance in Merriam-Webster. We can
  only hope!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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