noun
Street Slang
slab
· noun · texas
Houston custom car — Slow, Loud And Bangin' — a candy-painted American luxury sedan on swangas.
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A Houston-specific custom car culture and the cars themselves. The acronym stands for Slow, Loud And Bangin' — referring to the unhurried driving style, the trunk-rattling sound system, and the showmanship. Classic slab is a '70s-'90s American luxury sedan (Cadillac, Lincoln, Buick), drenched in candy paint, riding on protruding wire wheels called swangas or elbows, with a wood-grain interior and a fifth wheel mounted on the trunk.
“He pulled up in a candy-red slab, swangas damn near scraping the curb.”
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slab In A Sentence
He pulled up in a candy-red slab, swangas damn near scraping the curb.
Origin & Usage
Houston, Texas car culture from the 1980s onward; acronym popularized within the city's hip-hop scene.
Variants
SLAB
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