Talk:slug

RFV
Rfv-sense "A discrete quantity of one fluid that flows through the line surrounded by another." Tagged but not listed. - -sche (discuss) 03:52, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * A good initial question seem to be, does anyone know what this means? I can't quite figure it out. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:53, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Think of a Lava Lamp. The slug would be like the colored blobs. Because it's completely enclosed by the other fluid, it would move as a unit. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:42, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Right, surely the 'flows through the line surrounded by another' is wrong, the fluid doesn't follow through any lines does it? How can fluid flow through a line? Mglovesfun (talk) 10:59, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It's a sense of the word line that we don't have, as in a fuel line. Chuck Entz (talk) 13:35, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * ... but even if we have that sense of "line", it doesn't apply here. I suggest we remove "through the line".   D b f  i  r  s   10:08, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It does apply- sort of... It shouldn't be removed, but replaced with better wording, since it's a critical part of the context (see slugcatcher). You'll note that the surrounding substance doesn't have to be liquid (see also Water hammer) Chuck Entz (talk) 13:17, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I believe the "line" here is a streamline ("a line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow"). The slug in question may be the same as in gas slug. — Xavier, 23:32, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Isn't this an instance of a more general sense of slug? DCDuring TALK 23:43, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * MWOnline has: "a detached mass of fluid (as water vapor or oil) that causes impact (as in a circulating system)"
 * I'm not quite sure that I understand the "causes impact" clause, however. DCDuring TALK 23:46, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I think the "impact" caused is the slug hitting the walls of the pipes or other barriers in the system. Odd way to word it... Chuck Entz (talk) 23:35, 9 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I have added a new definition and provided five citations that illustrate various aspects of the new definition. I think this new sense includes the intent of the definition under RfV. DCDuring TALK 00:22, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. This does not capture the usage in the Slugcatcher article, which seems specific to two- (or multi- ?) phase flow through a pipeline. DCDuring TALK 00:33, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I simplified the definition a bit to give what I think is the essence of the underlying concept. Chuck Entz (talk) 23:45, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The simplification does not encompass the usage in the citations. "Slug of milk" in a teat and "slug of sand" on a beach, for example, don't fit. DCDuring TALK 23:51, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Definition tweaked Chuck Entz (talk) 00:00, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * So... I've removed "A discrete quantity of one fluid that flows through the line surrounded by another.", and kept "A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material." - -sche (discuss) 03:51, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

RFC discussion: March 2012–January 2018
slug 2 senses:
 * 1) "To down a shot." Is this transitive or intransitive?
 * 2) "casual carpooling; forming ad hoc, informal carpools for purposes of commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking." This is a definition for a noun. How is this used as a verb? How should it be worded. Where is it used? DCDuring TALK  16:38, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It looks to me like "casual carpooling;" is context rather than definition. The real definition starts with "forming". Chuck Entz (talk) 22:15, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe something like "To form ad hoc, informal carpools, in what is essentially a combination of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking" Chuck Entz (talk) 22:39, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That doesn't quite fit the two citations I found, which are not yet sufficient for attestation. There are probably more to be found on Usenet. DCDuring TALK 23:38, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Perhaps it's the verb formed from the last sence in the list of noun forms, above it on the same page. Chuck Entz (talk) 00:36, 10 March 2012 (UTC)


 * RFC removed. The "down a shot" is just another way of saying gulp, so I merged the definitions. As for the carpooling, 2 quotes is pretty good, at least in my books. --Gente como tú (talk) 12:42, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

Possible missing sense in USMA / West Point slang
Apparently "a member of the Corps who is not on a Corps or Club squad team". Equinox ◑ 08:04, 7 January 2024 (UTC)