/slak"euhr/ , n.
1. a person who evades his or her duty or work; shirker.
2. a person who evades military service. [1790-1800; SLACK 1 + -ER 1 ]
3. an esp. educated young person who is antimaterialistic, purposeless, apathetic, and usually works in a dead-end job.
[ pop. by Slackers (1991), movie by R. Linklater ]
Syn. 1. malingerer, dodger, laggard.