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slacker

[slak-er] / ˈslæk ər /


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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

After years of trying to make it as an actor, Mazino got his breakout role in the 2023 limited series “Beef,” where he portrays a slacker who falls for his older brother’s road-rage nemesis.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 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

At worst, he was a slacker who didn’t like to write tickets and dodged radio calls.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2024

Not a slacker goof-off, but a good goof-off.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

From their ranks, we’ve chosen the 101 L.A.-set movies that best represent this city and its inhabitants: actors, scamps, cops, crooks, singers, strivers, slackers and even cyborgs.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2026

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

"To-morrow we’ll be in Udine. We'll drink champagne. That’s where the slackers live. Wake up, Piani! We’ll drink champagne to-morrow in Udine!"

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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