Jay, we've traded amicably in the past and I'm not trying to offend someone any more than you were, but I must take exception with your rhetoric...

According to www.dictionary.com (a.k.a. www.websters.com), "Slippery Slope" is defined as "A tricky precarious situation, especially one that leads gradually but inexorably to disaster."

"Slippery Slope" is not defined in any of the other three dictionaries I own (American Heritage, Webster's 9th Collegiate, and The World Book Dictionary). However, I find the one definition I can come up with precisely accurate in the manner that 99% of the members here use it.

We're using it to describe that the hobby of chip collecting, while seemingly inexpensive and (financially and timely) manageable at first, is "tricky", and that after engaging in it for a period of time, you find yourself in the "precarious" situation of being "gradually and inexorably" drawn further and further in, spending more time and more money, and having more fun than you ever expected. And I think that most of us are using the phrase satirically in that many non-chippers see the time and money that we spend on our beloved hobby as "disastrous".

So while I can see that by your definition our usage of the phrase is incorrect, I think the word is being applied perfectly by the definition that (I think) most of us are using.

At least, that's this ignorant redneck's humble opinion.