slacker
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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
The line became one of Tolkan’s most famous, and mega-fans would flock to Comic-Cons around the country to ask the star to call them a slacker, requests he typically obliged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
After years of trying to make it as an actor, Mazino got his breakout role in the 2023 limited series “Beef,” where he portrays a slacker who falls for his older brother’s road-rage nemesis.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
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
“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
While the letter doesn't call out any groups by name, the message is clearly intended to put slackers on high alert.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
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
