Associations to the word «Slacker»

Wiktionary

SLACKER, noun. One who procrastinates or is lazy.
SLACKER, noun. A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
SLACKER, noun. A person who seeks to avoid military service.
SLACKER, noun. (very rare) A user of the Slackware Linux operating system.
SLACKER, noun. A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

Dictionary definition

SLACKER, noun. A person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats