Slacker, the Glossary
A slacker is someone who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic.[1]
Table of Contents
57 relations: Acedia, Animal House, Bachelor Party (1984 film), Back to the Future, Biff Tannen, Bill & Ted, Bio-Dome, Buddha-like mindset, Clerks (film), Conscription in the United States, Draft evasion, Economic materialism, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Freaks and Geeks, Generation X, Gezira Scheme, Goldbricking, Goofing off, Hikikomori, Hot Tub Time Machine, James Tolkan, Marty McFly, Miles Poindexter, Mondo 2000, NEET, Old School (film), Procrastination, Refusal of work, Richard Linklater, Rox (American TV series), Sacco and Vanzetti, San Francisco Chronicle, Slacker (film), Slackers (film), Slacktivism, Sloth (deadly sin), Spaced, Stripes (film), Sudan, Superchunk, Tang ping, The Idler (1993), The Legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti, The New Republic, The Royle Family, Time (magazine), Trainspotting (film), Underachiever, United Kingdom, United States, ... Expand index (7 more) »
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Acedia
Acedia (also accidie or accedie, from Latin acēdia, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, "negligence", ἀ- "lack of" -κηδία "care") has been variously defined as a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world.
Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller.
Bachelor Party (1984 film)
Bachelor Party is a 1984 American sex comedy film directed by Neal Israel, written by Israel and Pat Proft, and starring Tom Hanks, Adrian Zmed, William Tepper, and Tawny Kitaen.
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Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale.
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Biff Tannen
Biff Howard Tannen is a fictional character in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy.
Bill & Ted
Bill & Ted is an American science fiction comedy franchise created by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon.
Bio-Dome
Bio-Dome is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Jason Bloom.
Buddha-like mindset
Buddha-like, or fo xi using its Chinese pronunciation, is a buzzword used in China to describe young people who reject the rat race of contemporary workaholic Chinese society for a tranquil, apathetic life.
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Clerks (film)
Clerks is a 1994 American black-and-white comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith in his feature directorial debut.
Conscription in the United States
In the United States, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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Draft evasion
Conscription evasion or draft evasion (American English) is any successful attempt to elude a government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces of one's nation.
Economic materialism
Economic materialism can be described as either a personal attitude that attaches importance to acquiring and consuming material goods or as a logistical analysis of how physical resources are shaped into consumable products.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by John Hughes.
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Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Judd Apatow that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 television season.
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Generation X
Generation X (often shortened to Gen X) is the demographic cohort following the Baby Boomers and preceding Millennials.
Gezira Scheme
The Gezira Scheme (مشروع الجزيرة) is one of the largest irrigation projects in the world.
Goldbricking
Goldbricking (also called cyberloafing or cyberslacking) is the practice of doing less work than one is able to, while maintaining the appearance of working.
Goofing off
Goofing off is an American slang term for engaging in recreation or an idle pastime while obligations of work or society are neglected.
Hikikomori
, also known as severe social withdrawal, is total withdrawal from society and seeking extreme degrees of social isolation and confinement.
Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine is a 2010 American science-fiction comedy film directed by Steve Pink and starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, and Chevy Chase.
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James Tolkan
James Stewart Tolkan (born June 20, 1931) is an American actor.
Marty McFly
Martin Seamus "Marty" McFly is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Back to the Future'' franchise.
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter (April 22, 1868September 21, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician.
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Mondo 2000
Mondo 2000 was a glossy cyberculture magazine published in California during the 1980s and 1990s.
NEET
A NEET, an acronym for "Not in Education, Employment, or Training", is a person who is unemployed and not receiving an education or vocational training. Slacker and NEET are demographics and Refusal of work.
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Old School (film)
Old School is a 2003 American comedy film directed and co-written by Todd Phillips.
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Procrastination
Procrastination is the act of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there could be negative consequences for doing so.
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Refusal of work
Refusal of work is behavior in which a person refuses regular employment.
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Richard Linklater
Richard Stuart Linklater (born July 30, 1960) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
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Rox (American TV series)
Rox is an American independently produced television and subsequently web series, noted for its political activism as well as for its aesthetic and technical achievements.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrants and anarchists who were controversially convicted of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and a paymaster, during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.
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Slacker (film)
Slacker is a 1990 American comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by Richard Linklater, who also stars in it.
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Slackers (film)
Slackers is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Dewey Nicks and starring Jason Schwartzman, Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Michael Maronna, Jaime King, and Laura Prepon.
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Slacktivism
Slacktivism (a portmanteau of slacker and activism) is the practice of supporting a political or social cause by means such as social media or online petitions, characterized as involving very little effort or commitment.
Sloth (deadly sin)
Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholic teachings.
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Spaced
Spaced is a British television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the comedic, and sometimes surreal and action-packed, misadventures of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bisley, two twenty-something Londoners who, despite only having just met, decide to move in together after she gives up on squatting and he is kicked out by his ex-girlfriend.
Stripes (film)
Stripes is a 1981 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, Sean Young, and John Candy.
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Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.
Superchunk
Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, consisting of singer-guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Laura King.
Tang ping
Tang ping is a Chinese slang neologism that describes a personal rejection of societal pressures to overwork and over-achieve, such as in the 996 working hour system, which is often regarded as a rat race with ever diminishing returns.
The Idler (1993)
The Idler is a bi-monthly magazine, devoted to its ethos of 'idling'.
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The Legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti
The Legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti is a 1948 book by G. Louis Joughin and Edmund M. Morgan on the cultural impact of the Sacco and Vanzetti case.
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The New Republic
The New Republic is an American publisher focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts, with ten magazines a year and a daily online platform.
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The Royle Family
The Royle Family is a British sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for three series from 1998 to 2000, and specials from 2006 to 2012.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Trainspotting (film)
Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle, and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut.
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Underachiever
An underachiever is a person who fails to achieve their potential or does not do as well as expected by their peers.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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University of Wisconsin Press
The University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as UW Press) is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals.
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Withnail and I
Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson.
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Work ethic
Work ethic is a belief that work and diligence have a moral benefit and an inherent ability, virtue or value to strengthen character and individual abilities.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
You, Me and Dupree
You, Me and Dupree is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and written by Mike LeSieur.
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See also
Refusal of work
- André Gorz
- Antonio Negri
- Buckminster Fuller
- Franco Berardi
- Freeter
- Gutter punk
- Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
- NEET
- Paul Lafargue
- R/antiwork
- Raoul Vaneigem
- Refusal of work
- Slacker
- The Abolition of Work
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slacker
Also known as Slacker generation, Slackers, Slacking, Slugabed.
, United States Army, University of Wisconsin Press, Withnail and I, Work ethic, World War I, World War II, You, Me and Dupree.