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scumbag

[skuhm-bag] / ˈskʌmˌbæg /


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“Said she’d never pegged me for a scumbag before,” he sings, “She said she didn’t ever want to see me anymore / And I still don’t know why.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

"I dare that scumbag to sue me," he posted.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024

"You don't have to take it firsthand from him if you think that he's a scumbag or unbelievable," Coleman said.

From Salon ● May 17, 2024

The governor on Sunday was booed at a prayer vigil for the shooting victims, where he told the crowd the gunman was "a major-league scumbag."

From Reuters ● Aug. 28, 2023

As everyone waits for time to show all, why not keep pretending that McGregor is only a scumbag for show, in order to preserve the comeback narrative?

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020

Rob Davies placed notices in his Run Ragged vintage shop in Wrexham, informing customers "due to scumbags shoplifting, please ask for assistance to open cabinets".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

“Glass Onion” continues to give America’s entitled scumbags their due, though this time the focus isn’t on a family but rather an inner circle of self-styled disruptors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2022

Offended: My overall point was that even scumbags have innocent mothers and other family members who deserve comfort and showing compassion toward him would comfort them.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021

The deaths of intelligent, rational people on this show—your Tywins, your Qyburns, your Varyses—create a special pain: even if they’re scumbags, you’ll miss their competence.

From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019

Hipsters, sad-faced hobos, con-men, muggers, scumbags and angels.

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow




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