The term slacker is commonly used to refer to a person who avoids work or military service, or (primarily in North American English) an educated person who is antimaterialistic and viewed as an underachiever. This article addresses materialism in the economic sense of the word An underachiever is a person and especially a student who fails to achieve his or her potential or does not do as well as expected [1][2]
While use of the term slacker for one who shirks work dates back to about 1790 or 1898 depending on the source, it achieved a boost in popularity after the release of the influential 1991 Richard Linklater film Slacker. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Richard Stuart Linklater (born July 30, 1960) is an Academy Award -nominated American Film director and Screenwriter Slacker ( 1991) is an influential American Independent film written and directed by Richard Linklater, who also appears in the [1][3]
Slackers and computers
The term Slacker is also used for a person who uses or advocates use of the Slackware distribution of Linux. Slackware is an Operating system created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux Inc Slackware is an Operating system created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux Inc Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks This use of "Slack" comes from the Church of the SubGenius. The Church of the SubGenius is a religious group that satirizes Religion, Conspiracy theory, UFOs and Popular culture. Slackware does fit in with the concept of slacker in that it follows the KISS principle, relying heavily on simple, flexible text scripts rather than fancy yet brittle GUI elements. KISS redirects here See also. For other uses see Kiss (disambiguation. The Slackware logo is Tux the penguin with a corncob pipe. See also Smoking pipe A pipe for Tobacco smoking typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl for the Combustion of the Tobacco
Related topics
- Bludger
- The Idler (1993)
- NEET: "Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training". The Idler is a bi-yearly British Magazine devoted to promoting its ethos of 'idle living' and all that entails NEET is a government classification first used in the United Kingdom but whose use has spread to other countries including Japan, China and
- Procrastination
- Slack
- Slacker Radio
- Sloth
References
- ^ a b slacker. Procrastination is a type of behavior which is characterized by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time Slacker is a US only interactive Internet radio service It allows users to create their own customized music stations starting with either Slacker's presets or a list of one In the Christian Moral Tradition, sloth ( Latin: acedia, accidia, pigritia) is one of the seven capital sins Random House, Inc. (2006).
- ^ Compact Oxford English Dictionary. slacker.
- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary, slack (adj.). Douglas Harper.
Dictionary
slacker
-noun
- One who procrastinates or is lazy; cf. slack off.
- A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
- A user of Slackware Linux.
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