Word History First Known Use 1951, in the meaning defined above Time Traveler The first known use of slippery slope was in 1951 See more words from the same year Dictionary Entries Near slippery slope slippery slide slippery slope slip plane See More Nearby Entries Cite this Entry ...
Last month, the Brooklyn Papers ran an exposé of sorts under the headline HAS SLOPE FOOD CO-OP’S LEFTY ETHOS LED TO CRIME? The muckraking piece quoted unnamed members as saying that those who appear to be outsiders (which some read to mean poor blacks) are not being carded at the doo...