Slacker

Slacker (English, of slack, " listless ", " flabby " ) is a name for a person whose lifestyle is characterized by low power and willingness to adapt in school and / or occupation.

Originally the term was used in the U.S. for people who wanted to avoid military service. In the 1990s, underwent a conversion term. First, in response to appropriate, perceived as negative trends of the youth culture of Generation X, a clear pejorative term, Slacker can now also commonly an unconventional living person call.

Widely known the term was by the film Slacker, whose German title is Marauders, by Richard Linklater (1991).

Slacker see their life as a way to self -realization, are by efforts of them deemed to be unimportant areas consistently avoided or at least postponed. It is characterized by, inter alia, the waiver of career, social advancement and status symbols. The external appearance is attributed little importance. Slacker are not usually organized in formal groups.