scumbag

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US/ˈskʌmˌbæɡ/

noun

A condom.

“Can you believe that scumbag Steve asked to sleep with her before even asking her name?”

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounscumbag (plural scumbags)

plural scumbags

  1. datedslangvulgarA condom.

    “A scumbag,” Sonny repeated. “Rubber. A pro-phy-natic. You know what I mean, don't you?”

    1978, Sonia Pilcer, Teen Angel, →ISBN

    Synonyms: condom, cum catcher, rubber

  2. informalmildlyvulgarA sleazy, disreputable, despicable, or otherwise immoral person; a lowlife.

    Can you believe that scumbag Steve asked to sleep with her before even asking her name?

    2 more examples

    Monroney was variously described as a "scumbag," "SOB," "Snake," "dead sheep," [...] and assorted unprintable adjectives.

    1953 July 19, Allen Cromley, “Report from Washington”, in The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, page 1

    In the past week, he [Donald Trump] attacked the “truly sick and demented people” in the news media, […], not even counting the “deranged scumbags” in Iran.

    2026 March 16, Peter Baker, “In Choosing ‘Epic Fury,’ Trump Names a War and Defines His Presidency”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    Synonyms: assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA condom.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Broader
unpleasant persondisagreeable person

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From scum + bag. First use appears c. 1939.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 無賴 /无赖, 流氓
  • 無賴 /无赖 (wúlài)despicable person
  • 流氓 (liúmáng)despicable person
Dutch rotzak
  • rotzakdespicable person
Esperanto aĉulo, kanajlo
  • aĉulodespicable person
  • kanajlodespicable person
  • fiulodespicable person
  • friponodespicable person
  • kaculodespicable person
Finnish paskiainen, roisto
  • paskiainendespicable person
  • roistodespicable person
  • lurjusdespicable person
  • konnadespicable person
French sac à merde, enfoiré
  • sac à merdedespicable person
  • enfoirédespicable person
  • salauddespicable person
German Drecksack, Dreckskerl
  • Drecksackdespicable person
  • Dreckskerldespicable person
Indonesian bajingan
  • bajingandespicable person
Polish śmieć, szumowina
  • śmiećdespicable person
  • szumowinadespicable person
  • drańdespicable person
  • zwyroldespicable person
Romanian nenorocit
  • nenorocitdespicable person
Russian гни́да, отморо́зок
  • гни́да (gnída)despicable person
  • отморо́зок (otmorózok)despicable person
  • подо́нок (podónok)despicable person
  • хмырь (xmyrʹ)despicable person
Slovak hajzel
  • hajzeldespicable person
Yiddish סוואָלאָטש, פּאַסקודניאַק
  • סוואָלאָטש (svolotsh)despicable person
  • פּאַסקודניאַק (paskudnyak)despicable person
Cite this entry
APA

scumbag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scumbag

MLA

“scumbag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scumbag. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scumbag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scumbag.

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