slacker

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

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

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

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

Atmospheric dive bars, funky/punky mom-and-pop shops and reasonable rents began attracting artists, musicians and bohemian slackers and scenesters as residents in the early ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

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

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

"To-morrow we’ll be in Udine. We'll drink champagne. That’s where the slackers live. Wake up, Piani! We’ll drink champagne to-morrow in Udine!"

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway