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slag

(n): the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
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2 months ago John said:

Yes. It's truly amazing that 72 percent of the time subjects can guess if a person is an oxidized metallic scum.

2 months ago chained_bear said:

...whether the person was the scum formed by oxidization at the surface of molten metals?

Dude.

2 months ago John said:

"Other students were then asked to look at the photographed faces and say how easy they reckoned the pictured individual might be. In a staggering 72 per cent of cases, they correctly guessed whether the person in the portrait was or was not a slag."

The Register, Faces give away giveaways - psych profs' amazing claim, April 9, 2008

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