slacker

In another writer’s hands, the soft-handed seat-fillers of his slacker masterpiece “Office Space” would be contemptible.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

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

Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

“I don’t know what got into me,” the slacker says.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

Now you've made the rest of us, except maybe Beyoncé, feel like real slackers.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2023

Grubby Gen Xers were designated the OG slackers, which did not bode well for becoming the bosses of the future.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

Strivers, grinders and hustlers hate them, but quiet quitters, slackers and work-to-rulers are treasured antiheroes in American folk culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2022

They were motivated, and even the slackers began working hard.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John