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

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

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

Instead of feeling like a lazy slacker, he had thought he could hear admiration in the voice of his supervisor.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Each, in their way, is ambitious — no room for slackers here!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

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

On New Year’s Eve 1999, a group of teenage slackers face off against electronics that turn evil at the stroke of midnight in this zany horror-comedy directed by Kyle Mooney.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023

“As a member of the Dawson County Council of Defense, I’m sworn to identify slackers and encourage them to do their patriotic duty.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson