The other major character in the strip is Baz's slightly more successful friend, Dave, who works as a refuse collector but obtains most of his income through benefit fraud.
Whilst most Viz characters are recognisably from North East England, with the comic largely written in Geordie dialect, the Fat Slags and their friends converse with a Nottingham accent.
In another strip, San got pregnant and brought the baby to term, tearfully vowing that she was prepared to make any sacrifice for her daughter's happiness.
Their run-down home - with its floor-level collection of alcohol cans, takeaway containers and cigarette butts - is at 22, Shit Street, Fulchester, which once featured as a porcelain model marketed by Viz in parody of products such as those of Franklin Mint.
A running gag is that the Slags will accuse any men unwilling to sleep with them of being homosexuals and/or having small penises, and many other women of being unattractive and overweight.
[3] Viz creator Chris Donald refers to this in his book, where he also mentions that the portrayal of the Slags was criticised by feminists writing in the Guardian newspaper.
[6][7] In 1992, stop motion animated shorts were produced for PolyGram Video, with Jo Unwin voicing Tracey, Kathy Burke as Sandra, and Simon Day as Baz.
The episodes, "Slags at Large", "Working Girls", and "Dirty Weekend", were first released on VHS in November 1992 and were later compiled on DVD in 2004 as Oh Lordy!