slacker

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

Ellis, meanwhile, has a nearly 14-year-old son who is in what she calls a “teenage, hormonal place” — not that dissimilar to Emily, who has three slacker teenagers obsessed with video games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

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

That night Dr. Marrigan told me that I was too smart to be a slacker faculty kid.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

Grubby Gen Xers were designated the OG slackers, which did not bode well for becoming the bosses of the future.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

“As a member of the Dawson County Council of Defense, I’m sworn to identify slackers and encourage them to do their patriotic duty.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson