单词 | slacker |
释义 | slackern. 1. (See quot. 1877, and cf. slaker n. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice hatchOE clowa1250 lock1261 water lock1261 sluice1340 water gate1390 sewer-gate1402 spay1415 floodgatec1440 shuttlec1440 spayer1450 gate1496 falling gate1524 spoye1528 gote1531 penstock1542 ventil1570 drawgate1587 flood-hatch1587 turnpike1623 slaker1664 lock gate1677 hatchway1705 flash1768 turnpike-lock1771 sluice-gate1781 pound-lock1783 stop-gate1790 buck gate1791 slacker1797 aboiteau1802 koker1814 guard-lock1815 falling sluice1819 lasher1840 fender1847 tailgate1875 weir-hatch1875 wicket1875 1797 Trans. Soc. Arts 15 155 An oak head and slacke [r] is placed on the end [of the drain] next the land. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Slacker, a shuttle or stopgate to hinder the passage of water. 2. colloquial. A person who shirks work, or avoids exertion, exercise, etc. Also, spec. used in Military contexts in the war of 1914–18. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who skulkc1320 loundererc1425 old soldier1722 malingerer1785 skulker1785 shirker1799 shirk1818 slink1824 schemer1843 sconcer1843 scrimshanker1882 scrimshank1886 sooner1892 Weary Willie1896 slacker1898 slackster1901 sugarer1904 work-shy1904 gold brick1905 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 lead-swinger1917 piker1917 gold-bricker1919 slinker1919 poler1938 skiver1941 1898 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 4/1 I said it was a silly thing to do, and they retorted that I was a ‘slacker’. 1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions v. 37 What about a song, you slacker! 1917 ‘Taffrail’ Sub ii. 62 An habitual slacker at Osborne, however, was soon sized up, and if repeated warnings did not cause him to mend his ways, he generally got the Order of the Boot at the end of his third term. 1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years 217 He was a little slacker, the kind that used cribs later on in school life. 1933 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune Wonders 109 Eston strode past him with a laugh, ‘Had enough already?’ and Cicely pattered after crying, ‘Slacker!’ 1964 A. Whitehouse Epics & Legends of First World War vi. 134 The..League..rendered important service in..handling the ‘slacker’ and conscientious-objector groups. 1969 R. Maugham Link ii. 16 ‘You're a slacker and you're a shirker,’ he said. ‘You're a little runt in many ways. But you're the best of the lot of them.’ Draft additions June 2001 Originally and chiefly U.S. A person regarded as one of a large group or generation of young people (esp. in the early to mid 1990s) characterized by apathy, aimlessness, and lack of ambition. Cf. Generation Xer n. at Generation X n. Derivatives.This use was popularized by Richard Linklater's 1991 U.S. film Slacker. ΚΠ 1990 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 29 Aug. c5 Here was the full range of Austin lifestyles—old hippies, Hispanic teenagers, middle-age black professionals, underachieving writers and musicians known around town as ‘slackers’, [etc.]. 1991 N.Y. Times 15 Mar. c34/3 The word ‘slacker’, he [sc. Richard Linklater] explained, is a Texas nickname for the type of non-student who clusters around the University of Texas campus eking out a marginal income while living a quasi-collegiate existence. 1991 Observer 8 Dec. 58/4 Nirvana certainly have the scruffy, shaggy look of ‘slackers’ (US slang for twentysomethings). 1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 66/1 Garofalo began her career as a stand-up in Providence, R.I., where she attended college, and later in Boston where she held slacker approved jobs like bike messenger and health-club receptionist. 1998 Rec. Collector Apr. 40/1 Following the success of his infamous ‘Loser’ single in 1994—catching the wave of the slacker zeitgeist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1797 |
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