Slacker
Austin indie landmark
A slacker is someone who avoids work or effort, shirking responsibilities that others expect them to fulfill.
The term gained cultural prominence in the 1990s describing aimless young people rejecting conventional ambition: He's such a slacker—he never does his share of the project.
A slacker may be genuinely lazy or simply uninterested in what's demanded of them.
Lacking incentive or drive
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- procrastinatorOne who delays tasks
couch potato · layabout · loafer · shirker · deadbeat · good-for-nothing · bum · freeloader
Accumulated dirt or filth
- nineties1990-1999
- Generation XMid-sixties to eighties births
- alternativeAnother available choice
- flannelSoft napped cloth
Dazed and Confused · Clerks · stoner · burnout · dropout · counterculture · disaffected · cynical
One missing their targets
- clock-watcherOne awaiting shift's end
- goldbrickingFeigning effort to avoid labor
- bare minimumSmallest acceptable quantity
- cubiclePartitioned office workspace
disengaged · unmotivated · coasting · phoning it in · quiet quitting · half-hearted · shirking · deadweight
unmotivated
Lacking incentive or drive
procrastinator · couch potato · layabout · loafer · shirker · deadbeat · good-for-nothing · bum · freeloader · ne'er-do-well
grunge
Accumulated dirt or filth
- nineties1990-1999
- Generation XMid-sixties to eighties births
- alternativeAnother available choice
flannel · Dazed and Confused · Clerks · stoner · burnout · dropout · counterculture · disaffected · cynical · apathetic
underperformer
One missing their targets
- clock-watcherOne awaiting shift's end
- goldbrickingFeigning effort to avoid labor
- bare minimumSmallest acceptable quantity
cubicle · disengaged · unmotivated · coasting · phoning it in · quiet quitting · half-hearted · shirking · deadweight · unproductive
loose
Not firmly secured
line · cable · rigging · pulley · climbing · belay · rappelling · bungee · give · play
- Richard LinklaterDazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, A Scanner Darkly, School of Rock, Bernie
- Cult FilmsEraserhead, The Room, Donnie Darko, Napoleon Dynamite, Army of Darkness
Slackerhard worker
Industrious, dedicated person
go-getter · grinder · hustler · workaholic · striver
Slackeroverachiever
One exceeding all expectations
high achiever · go-getter · striver · climber · achiever
Slackercontributor
One who provides something
team player · pillar of the community · solid citizen · stand-up guy · mensch
- slack offReduce one's effort
- slacking offNeglecting responsibilities deliberately
- slacked offReduced one's effort
- pick up the slackCover for underperformance
- picking up the slackAssuming others' unfinished duties
- cut someone some slackRelax your expectations temporarily
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