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    [Noun]  | "slack*er" | \ ˈsla-kər \


    1: a person who shirks work or obligation; especially : one who evades military service in time of war

    2: a person and especially a young person who is perceived to be disaffected, apathetic, cynical, or lacking ambition


    Origin: 1898 ;

    [Adjective]  | "slack" | \ ˈslak \


    1: not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent

    2: characterized by slowness, sluggishness, or lack of energy

    3: moderate in some quality; especially : moderately warm


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English slak, slakke, going back to Old English slæc, sleac, going back to Germanic *slaka- (whence also Old Saxon slak "limp," Middle Dutch slac "loose, slack, slow," Old High German slah, Old Icelandic slakr "not tight"), o-grade of an Indo-European base *sleǵ- (or *sleh2ǵ-) see:n also in Middle Irish lac "weak, feeble," Irish lag (< *slh2g-ko-?), Latin laxus "loosely packed, not drawn tight, relaxed" (< sl̥ǵ-so-), languere "to be enfeebled (of a person or body part)" (< *sl-n-ǵ-u̯-), Greek lagarós "loose-limbed, flexible" (< *sl̥g-ro-);

      * Note : Compare {languish|languish}, {lax:1|lax:1}, {algolagnia|algolagnia}.;

    [Noun]  | "slacker" 


    1: one who deliberately avoids work or duty;


      * e.g., " ... there will be no slackers tolerated in this group—anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out "



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    2: an idle worthless person;


      * e.g., " ... views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers "



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    [Adjective]  | "slack" 


    1: failing to give proper care and attention;


      * e.g., " ... a building contractor known mainly for his firm's slack workmanship and slipshod construction "





    2: not bound by rigid standards;


      * e.g., " ... slack supervision on the project "





    3: not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched;


      * e.g., " ... left the ropes slack "





     [ "slacker" ]

    1: A person who does anything they can to avoid doing work. A person who doesn't do a big project till the last night, and then does it half-assed and turns it in. A person who writes urban dictionary definitions instead of studying for his finals. A person who would rather smoke weed and play video games all day than do anything else.

      * e.g.,  ... me, 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: I was going to write a definition for this word. It's kind of interesting. Fuck it, I'll do it later.

      * e.g.,  ... Type an example of how "slacker" is used in a sentence...if you weren't so goddamn lazy. 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: Someone who puts off doing things to the last minute, and when the last minutes comes, decides it wasn't all that important anyways and forgets about it

      * e.g.,  ... Man I wish I could be a slacker like that guy Angry Steve. 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: A slacker is someone who while being intelligent, doesn't really feel like doing anything. A good example would be someone who gets Bs and As, while doing absolutely nothing other than playing video games on occasion.

      * e.g.,  ... Being a typical slacker, Yuri didn't feel like doing his english report. Fuck it. Not doing it would only bring him down 3 points. Besides I'm playing video games. 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: Someone capable of doing work, but is too lazy to do it correctly; Work-a-phobic

      * e.g.,  ... Dave from the 2001 movie "Slackers" 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: someone who is very lazy, doesn't do their work until the last minute, and frankly, enjoys it

      * e.g.,  ... Greg is a big slacker...he's only read 50 of the 150 pages he needs to read by tomorrow and its already midnight 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: someone who does the least that is required. in school they take classes that require the least amount of effort such as band or if possible a study hall and in those classes they play cards if possible. slackers also procrastinate often. they are also often characterized by laziness.

      * e.g.,  ... i am a slacker, you should be too 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: a nice person to chill with

      * e.g.,  ... We kicked it with the slacker from down the street 

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: - Avoid effort like plague

      * e.g.,  ... slacker slacker slacker slacker is an art 


     [ "slacker" ]

    2: - Learn the art of Procrastination


     [ "slacker" ]

    3: - Generally avoid doing all things avoiding labour


     [ "slacker" ]

    4: - Get an online career


     [ "slacker" ]

    5: - What you must do, do half-heartedly


     [ "slacker" ]

    6: - Get an online job!!


     [ "slacker" ]

    7: - The fastest you will ever move will be while attempting to escape a labourous activity


     [ "slacker" ]

    8: - High School student?...hooky Gym Class

     [ "slacker" ]

    1: To smart to work, he thinks. Or she thinks.

      * e.g.,  ... B: “You know, while you got cash I had a look at the profiles you had your class fill out. Would you believe more than two third of the girls and several of the boys listed “shopping” as a hobby?  


     [ "slacker" ]

    2: An underachiever or irritatingly laid-back character.

      * e.g.,  ... I mean, most of the girls I went to school with were crazy about buying all kinds of stuff and they would disappear in shoe shops for days, but list “shopping” as a hobby? No one would have thought of it as a damn “hobby”! And even if someone had, they still wouldn't have dared to admit they're so damn shallow. What has the world come to? 


     [ "slacker" ]

    3: Possibly disorganised, possibly prone to procrastination.

      * e.g.,  ... G: “Yeah, I know. Nothing to be done about that. The shits are doomed and so are we. You should see their parents. Now get off your butt and out of the car, you little slacker, we still need to get groceries.” 


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    4: There can be a bit more to it than mere laziness or sloppiness, a perception that the rat race isn't worth it and shop-till-you-drop a surrogate happiness of low quality, and a slow poison, too. So this kind of slacker might (or might not) be dedicated to what he or she does (paragliding, for example), but would probably not list “climbing the corporate ladder” as an ambition or “shopping” as a hobby. May be a bit of a “Generation X” thing.


     [ "slacker" ]

    5: Hear Beck's song “Loser” or see the video for Soundgarden's “Black Hole Sun”.

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