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n. One who shirks work or responsibility: "In terms of their outlook on the future, slackers regard tomorrow with a studied cynicism or . . . don't even conceive of one” ( Julie Caniglia).

n. One who tries to evade military service in wartime; a draft dodger.

n. One who procrastinates or is lazy.

n. A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.

n. A person who seeks to avoid military service.

n. A user of Slackware Linux, a type of application software.

n. A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

n. a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)

"At the time of the Civil War your grandpa was what we call a slacker in these days."

idler    bum    loafer    do-nothing    layabout   

skulker    malingerer    scrimshanker    shammer    goldbrick   

Packer    acker    aker    attacker    backer    blacker    bracker    cracker    hacker    lacquer   

goose-herd    syndicalist    hypocricy    mlength    herby    dangerousness    ne'er-do-well    ass    british-based    dreadfulness