1) The name of a great independent film from
1991 featuring such novelties as
Madonna's pap smear. Shot in
Austin, Texas, on a shoestring budget, it may be about the definitive movie on Slackers forever after.
Tends to be sort of affectionate slang in this context.
2) Synonym for a typical member of
Generation X (born 1964-1981 roughly). Anyone who smoked reefer, wore flannel or owned
the Chronic,
Doggystyle or any music by
Sublime, the
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Pearl Jam ,
Nirvana,
Rancid , etc., in the first half of the
1990s. Anyone who liked movies directed by
Quentin Tarantino.
Tends to be neutral slang, when used in this context.
3) Antonym of a politically aware member of the
Baby Boom generation (born 1946-1963 roughly). Someone who thought of
the Beatles,
Vietnam,
Woodstock or
JFK being as historically relevant today as
the Civil War or the
War of 1812.
In this context is usually pejorative and insulting.
4) A description of a young man in the early 20th Century, who avoided
military duty. An
amoral, lazy
coward.
Also negative in this context
1) The movie Slacker was brilliant. I could not stop seeing people I grew up with portrayed in the characters. It's a great movie to smoke weed and watch, when you're bored and not in the mood to write your Master's Thesis.
2) Wow. Lots of Slackers at Lollapalooza this year again. I wish someone would shoot Ani DeFranco.
3) You fucking Slackers think that Reaganomics was cool. You probably never even heard of Kent State or the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Too bad you weren't old enough to have had to have been drafted and sent to Vietnam.
4) You yellow-bellied slackers will be court-martialed, when General Patton returns from the Battle of the Bulge.
