scumbag

[ skuhm-bag ]
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nounSlang: Vulgar.
  1. a condom.

  2. a mean, despicable person.

Origin of scumbag

1
First recorded in 1965–70; scum + bag

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scumbag

/ (ˈskʌmˌbæɡ) /


noun
  1. slang an offensive or despicable person

Origin of scumbag

1
C20: perhaps from earlier US sense: condom, from US slang scum semen + bag

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