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
Our unnamed protagonist, a slacker with a goatee, is no protester.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 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
DB, a slacker pool cleaner with eyes the same cerulean shade as the chlorinated body of water he tends to with an almost religious ecstasy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
My dad looks at me from head to toe, and I feel like the second-rate slacker he’s always taken me for.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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
What if "Universal Basic Guys" told a better story — that basic income unlocks purpose in two men labeled as slackers, trapped by systemic barriers and dead-end jobs?
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024
By contrast, as we jump back in time, her sons come off as a pair of nihilistic slackers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 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
