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slice-and-dice, a.
Brit. |ˌslʌɪsənˈdʌɪs|, U.S. |ˌslaɪs(ə)nˈdaɪs|
Forms: 19– slice-and-dice, 19– slice'n'dice, 19– slice-n-dice
[‹ to slice and dice at slice v.1 Additions]
1. Relating to or involving (the graphic depiction of) violence or mutilation; gory, violent. Cf. slasher n. Additions 5.
1982N.Y. Times 7 Nov. ii. 15/6 The slice-and-dice style of guys like Tobe Hooper (‘The Texas Chainstore Massacre’) and Sean Cunningham (‘Friday the 13th’). 1987Fortune July 41/3 He wants to watch his television drama unfold... It could turn out just another slice-and-dice horror show. 1992Daily Tel. 12 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xv/4 As the thinking fan's slice'n'dice merchant he is credited with making horror respectable. 1998L. K. Christian-Smith & J. I. Erdman in S. R. Steinberg & J. L. Kincheloe Kinderculture vii. 131, I am horrified by the general violence and women's mutilation in the ‘slice-and-dice’ scenes prevalent in contemporary horror fiction and films.
2. Characterized by or involving the division or rearrangement of component elements; offering analysis in a number of different ways.
1985Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 16 Apr. 26 The play's flow has been chucked out the window in a slice-and-dice attempt to shorten and ‘tighten’ the action. 1990Software Mag. (Nexis) Jan. 39 Once the information is collected, developers enter it into a relational database..that provides a powerful ‘slice and dice’ facility. 1995Accountancy Nov. 72/3 Other products also lay claim to some of the slice-and-dice capability in which OLAP products excel. |