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scumbag

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noun Slang: Vulgar.

a condom.
a mean, despicable person.

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  8. scummy,
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Origin of scumbag

First recorded in 1965–70; scum + bag
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British Dictionary definitions for scumbag

scumbag

noun

slang an offensive or despicable person

Word Origin for scumbag

C20: perhaps from earlier US sense: condom, from US slang scum semen + bag
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for scumbag
n.

"condom," by 1939, slang, from scum + bag (n.). Earlier (by 1817) it was used in sugar refining as the name of a frame covered in coarse cloth used in straining. Meaning "despicable person" is attested by 1971.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper