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    [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]  | "slackness" 


    1: failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes;


      * e.g., " ... considering the chemical company's slackness when it comes to safety, it's a wonder there hasn't been a catastrophe "





    2: the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line;


      * e.g., " ... there's simply too much slackness in this clothesline "



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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 "





     [ "slackness" ]

    1:  One's level of sexual looseness or skill.

      * e.g.,  ... 'im one to b' proud of 'is slackness. 'e 'as all dem women. Di ooman dem wanna stamina daddy, ya hear. One wit all day slackness is one 'at stepper 

     [ "slackness" ]

    1: unwaranted perverse behavior

      * e.g.,  ... Sanjay's behavior at the bar was pure and utter slackness. 

     [ "Slack" ]

    1: This is a nickname that uses reverse psychology on the classic word "Slacker" -as in to be lazy.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude! You are soooo Slack!!!!!!!! 


     [ "Slack" ]

    2: "Slack" is the most AWESOME word you can use to describe a person and has been developed to change expectation by subterfuge.

     [ "slack" ]

    1: In the theology of the Church of the SubGenius, a mystical substance or quality that is the prerequisite of all human happiness.

      * e.g.,  ... I read the Book of the Subgenius to find true slack in life. 

     [ "Slack" ]

    1: An adjective much like chill, showing approval, contentment, or mild amusement.

      * e.g.,  ... Friday night was slack. 

     [ "slack" ]

    1: gimme some space, dont nag etc

      * e.g.,  ... teenage mother: what ya doing with that in the house, setting bad examples for little timmy here! 


     [ "slack" ]

    2: adult meanings: slacking, not working/ being active etc

      * e.g.,  ... teenage father: gimme some slack lauren, its not that illegal 

     [ "slack" ]

    1: In the context of reggae music 'slack' has to do with lyrics being lewd, vulgar or sexual.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dem rhymes was plenty slack" 

     [ "Slack" ]

    1: For a SubGenius, Slack can be anything you get or enjoy out of life that you don't have to work for or pay for , an approach where one stops trying to make things happen or exert control, and instead simply "allows" or "lets" favorable events to occur. Everyone is born with Original Slack, an ideosyncratic harmony with the flow of life which the unwitting Conspiracy of Normality is unceasingly trying to trick us into giving up, often as a Con-job in exchange for False Slack (anything you're sold or conned into that you have to work for or pay for, or the obligation of working or paying for it).

      * e.g.,  ... I just had a the most Slack-filled (week/day/hour) -- everything just fell into place and "accidentally" went my way, and I didn't have to lift a finger or pay even one red cent to make it happen that way. Hell, I even found a $20 bill, so I'm money ahead! Talk about SLACK... 

     [ "slack" ]

    1: Has nothing to do with "slackers" or college or hip indie movies of the nineties. Is the secret ingredient of the Universal Solvent, the Holy Grail, the true goal of all mystic beings.

      * e.g.,  ... "Verily I say unto thee that unto thee who haveth Slack more Slack shall be given, but whoever so should lack Slack shall lose even that." - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs 

     [ "slack" ]

    1: To masturbate, for men.

      * e.g.,  ... "I took that porno into the bathroom and slacked to it." 

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