slacker
a lazy person
TRANSLATION
slacker = Drückeberger; Faulpelz; schlaffer; Bummelant; Nichtstuer slack = entspannt; flau; locker; los; lose to slack off = nachlassen slack demand = flaue Nachfrage slack period = stille Saison slack point = der Totpunkt slack labour market = wenig aufnahmefähiger Arbeitsmarkt Business is very slack = Das Geschäft ist sehr flau
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Like every SLACKER punk pop star, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong loved watching television.
I really identified with one particular show: "It's like my childhood," Armstrong said one day, "passing in front of my eyes." The show? "Beavis and Butt-Head."
Armstrong, Billie Joe (1972- ) American musician, Green Day frontman [noted for such works (with Green Day) as Dookie (1994), Insomniac (1995), Nimrod (1997), and Warning (2000)
I really identified with one particular show: "It's like my childhood," Armstrong said one day, "passing in front of my eyes." The show? "Beavis and Butt-Head."
Armstrong, Billie Joe (1972- ) American musician, Green Day frontman [noted for such works (with Green Day) as Dookie (1994), Insomniac (1995), Nimrod (1997), and Warning (2000)
Did you
know?
slack-er
noun
1. One who avoids work or responsibility
2. One who tries to evade military service in wartime; a draft dodger.
While we’re at it take a look at the root word “slack”:
adjective
1. Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace.
2. Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business.
3. Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose.
4. Lacking firmness; flaccid: a slack grip.
5. Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker.
6. Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds.
7. Linguistics. Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.
Adapted from: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
bum, clock watcher, couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, laggard, layabout, lazybones, lazy person, lizard, loafer, lotus eater, lounger, malingerer, moocher, ne'er-do-well, shirker, slacker, sloth, slouch, sluggard, sponger, waster, wastrel
noun
1. One who avoids work or responsibility
2. One who tries to evade military service in wartime; a draft dodger.
While we’re at it take a look at the root word “slack”:
adjective
1. Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace.
2. Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business.
3. Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose.
4. Lacking firmness; flaccid: a slack grip.
5. Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker.
6. Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds.
7. Linguistics. Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.
Adapted from: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
bum, clock watcher, couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, laggard, layabout, lazybones, lazy person, lizard, loafer, lotus eater, lounger, malingerer, moocher, ne'er-do-well, shirker, slacker, sloth, slouch, sluggard, sponger, waster, wastrel
