• Slacker

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ækÉ™(r)

    Origin

    From slack + -er; compare especially slack off.

    Noun

    slacker

    (plural slackers)
    1. One who procrastinates or is lazy.
    2. A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
    3. A person who seeks to avoid military service.
      • 1918 September 10, New York Times, "Take Slackers into Army",Several hundred prisoners captured in North Jersey slacker raids last week and sent to this camp are being Inducted into military service today...
      • 1943 September 29, New York Times, "Wheeler assails Bureau 'Slackers'",Senator Burton K. Wheeler opened his fight in the Senate today..., raising the cry of "slackers" against deferred workers in Government establishments and industry.
    4. (very rare) A user of the Slackware Linux operating system.
    comp.os.linux.setup, Usenet,
    comp.os.linux, Usenet,
    alt.os.linux, Usenet,
      • Any real Slacker would know better than to top-post, AND post a bunch of HTML-crap to boot. You're not worthy.
    1. A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

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