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slacker n.agent noun from slack (v.), popularized from 1994, but the meaning "person who shirks work or avoids exertion" dates to 1897; agent noun from slack (v.). In earlier use also slackster (1901). Compare Old English sleacornes "laziness," which is not, however, from an agent noun. Related: Slackerly; slackerish. To slack off is by 1806 as "relieve the tension of." Slackener "one who or that which slackens" (transitive) is by 1861. updated on December 16, 2022 |