Slacker

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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.[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.[1][3]

[edit] Slackers and computers

Main article: Slackware

The term Slacker is also used for a person who uses or advocates use of the Slackware distribution of Linux. This use of "Slack" comes from the Church of the SubGenius. 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. The Slackware logo is Tux the penguin with a corncob pipe.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b slacker. Random House, Inc. (2006).
  2. ^ Compact Oxford English Dictionary. slacker.
  3. ^ Online Etymology Dictionary, slack (adj.). Douglas Harper.