English Dictionary

slacker

/ˈslækɚ/

noun

One who procrastinates or is lazy. / A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever. / A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

He is such a slacker, always avoiding his responsibilities.

意味（1）

One who procrastinates or is lazy.

意味（2）

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

“I don’t think this is a generation of slackers,” said Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers. “This image of the kid who goes off and skis in Colorado, I don’t think that’s the correct image. Today’s young people are very focused on trying to work hard and to get ahead.”

意味（3）

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

Kevin Smith wrote and directed the slacker hits “Clerks,” “Dogma” and “Chasing Amy,” but lately it is his other life—maintaining six Web sites that he describes as “devoted to my fans and my films”—that seems to consume him.

意味（4）

(dated, US) A person who seeks to avoid military service.

[S]everal hundred prisoners captured in North Jersey slacker raids last week and sent to this camp are being Inducted into military service today[…]

意味（5）

(rare, slang) A user of the Slackware Linux distribution.

I'm a slacker from way back btw