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slacker
English
Etymology
From slack +? -er; compare especially slack off.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?slæk?/
- Rhymes: -æk?(r)
Noun
slacker (plural slackers)
- One who procrastinates or is lazy.
- A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
- A person who seeks to avoid military service.
- 1918 September 10, New York Times, "Take Slackers into Army",
- [S]everal 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.
- 1918 September 10, New York Times, "Take Slackers into Army",
- (rare) A user of the Slackware Linux operating system.
- 1996 August 15, stephen benson, "Re: How broken is Infomagic's Redhat linux?", comp.os.linux.setup, Usenet,
- I'm a slacker from way back btw
- 2002 January 15, Josh, "Re: slackware installation issue", comp.os.linux, Usenet,
- Hope you become a happy slacker.
- 2007 May 16, Dan C, "Re: Distro Poll, what do you use?", 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.
- 1996 August 15, stephen benson, "Re: How broken is Infomagic's Redhat linux?", comp.os.linux.setup, Usenet,
- A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.
Translations
Anagrams
- Clarkes, calkers, lackers, rackles, recalks
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lazybones
English
Etymology
lazy +? bones
Pronunciation
Noun
lazybones (plural lazybones)
- (slang) A person who is lazy; one who is inactive and without ambition.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 42,
- The foremost traveller stopped and called impatiently to his companion. "Come on, can't yer? What a lazybones yer are, Charlotte."
- 1989, The Bible (NRSV), Proverbs 6:9,
- How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?
- 2013, J. M. Coetzee, The Childhood of Jesus. Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 16. p. 145.
- Isn't it time you got up, you lazybones?
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 42,
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:idler
Translations
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