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Slug (disambiguation)

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A slug is a gastropod mollusk without a shell or with a very small internal shell.

Slug or slugs may also refer to:

Objects

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Publishing

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  • Slug (publishing), a short name given in newspaper editing to articles that are in production
  • Slug (typesetting), a piece of spacing material used in typesetting to space paragraphs
  • Slug (web publishing), a user- and SEO-friendly short text used in a URL to identify and describe a resource

Arts, entertainment, and media

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Fictional characters

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  • Slug (comics), a villain in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Lord Slug, the main antagonist of the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie

Films

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Music

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Groups

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Songs

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Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

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  • SLUG Magazine, Salt Lake Under Ground magazine
  • Slugs (novel), a 1982 novel by Shaun Hutson
  • The Slug, a pop culture blog for the defunct web portal asap

Science and technology

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Sports

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People

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  • Slug (rapper), an underground rapper best known as a member of the hip-hop group Atmosphere
  • Ray Jordon (1937–2012), Australian cricketer, nicknamed Slug
  • Steve Russell (computer scientist) (born 1937), American computer scientist, creator of the early video game Spacewar!, nicknamed Slug
  • Casimir Witucki (1928–2015), American National Football League player, nicknamed Slug

Other uses

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  • "Slug road", a colloquial name for the A957 roadway in eastern Scotland, UK
  • Slug, a synonym for punch (combat)
  • The Slug, a derogatory nickname for The Cloud, Auckland, a multi-purpose event venue in Auckland, New Zealand
  • The Slug, another name for the Sunbeam 1000 hp land speed record car known as Mystery

See also

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