Slashie

[Mark Weiner]

I'm surprised that "slashie" in the meaning you say is the correct one, i.e. "director-slash-actor" would appear in Chicago before Los Angeles, where we have so many more such people. At least I never heard of that here in Los Angeles, although I'm not in the entertainment industry.

[Musicat]

Since some of us haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about, perhaps you could grace us with a link to the column in question?

[Una Persson]

The gentleman is referring to a Straight Dope Chicago column running today: http://chicago.straightdope.com/sdc20091001.php

[Bryan Ekers]

The only time I ever heard the word vaguely in the same sense as the letter-writer uses it is in the 2001 film Zoolander. It starts with an award show in which Fabio wins a "slashie", being a successful model/actor.

[Rico]

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Moved to Chicago Questions

COCC > QCFSDCC (my gods, what an acronym)

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[Irishman]

"Slashie" isn't a conventional term even when applied to the ubiquitous "model/actress" floating around.

[Ed Zotti]

"Slashie" isn't a conventional term even when applied to the ubiquitous "model/actress" floating around.Conventional, no, but the term has become fairly common since Zoolander. That was the point made in the column.