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slacker

[slak-er] / ˈslæk ər /


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In another writer’s hands, the soft-handed seat-fillers of his slacker masterpiece “Office Space” would be contemptible.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The prototypical Gen Xer is resilient and cynical, a “latchkey kid” turned disaffected slacker, raised on MTV and limited parental supervision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“You’re a slacker. You remind me of your father when he went here. He was a slacker, too.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

That realisation manifests in the lovestruck slacker rock of Dragonfly, and the finger-plucked Neptune Baby, with its refrain, "I'm a boat, and you are the water".

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025

Instead of feeling like a lazy slacker, he had thought he could hear admiration in the voice of his supervisor.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Atmospheric dive bars, funky/punky mom-and-pop shops and reasonable rents began attracting artists, musicians and bohemian slackers and scenesters as residents in the early ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

These are the people cranking up productivity, impressing managers and making the rest of us look like slackers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

While the letter doesn't call out any groups by name, the message is clearly intended to put slackers on high alert.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023

He bounced a couple of slackers who confused freedom with no rules, so the rest of us don’t make waves.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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