slacker

[ slak-er ]

noun

1. a person who evades their duty or work; shirker.

   Synonyms: malingerer, laggard, dodger

2. an especially educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless, apathetic, and usually works in a dead-end job.
3. a person who evades military service.

slacker

/ ˈslækə /

noun

1. a person who evades work or duty; shirker
2. informal.
   1. an educated young adult characterized by cynicism and apathy
   2. ( as modifier )

      slacker culture

Word History and Origins

Origin of slacker¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; slack ¹( def ) + -er ¹( def ); slacker def 2 popularized by the film Slackers (1991)

Example Sentences

When I flip the chips to switch to a gravel setup, I swap my wheels and all of a sudden have space for 40 millimeter tires, I get a longer effective fork and a chainstay length, plus a slacker headtube angle for a more stable ride on the dirt.

From Outside Online

Even Broad City did its part for the girlboss cause, with Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson’s slacker alter egos squealing their way through a guest appearance from candidate Clinton.

From Time

There were no obvious slackers among the House Republicans whose paperwork was released by Thursday afternoon, and a few stars.

From Washington Post

As she teaches, Martinez asks students to repeat what they heard, and not just the last thing, because even the biggest slacker can parrot that back.

From Popular-Science

The newest model of the Diverge, released in May 2020, has a longer reach and slacker front end, giving it a longer wheelbase, with the same responsive handling as previous models.

From Outside Online

In the early days, “if you worked at home and you were a slacker, perhaps you got weeded out faster,” she said.

From The Daily Beast

The network excoriates its fired anchor by painting him as an arrogant and uncooperative slacker.

From The Daily Beast

Despite his slacker credentials, Smith had never had a pot habit.

From The Daily Beast

Though he's not Clooney, Knocked Up's Rogen isn't the slacker he's often made out to be.

From The Daily Beast

Nicole LaPorte on Pee-wee's first tweet, Diablo Cody's online ethics, and Oprah's slacker ways.

From The Daily Beast

It was slacker water above the rapid; and all afternoon they slid slowly up on deep, winding reaches of the still, green river.

From Project Gutenberg

I don't say the fellow's vicious, but he's an extravagant slacker and a fool, which is perhaps as bad.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, in any event, they would not call him a slacker or a coward.

From Project Gutenberg

And being a slacker consists in not doing the work which you ought to do.

From Project Gutenberg

If a girl has a flower bed where she might grow tomatoes, and she grows roses there instead, you might call her a slacker.

From Project Gutenberg