slackerdom

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noun

The world or lifestyle of slackers; laziness.

OriginProto-Germanic *dōmaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos ← English slacker →
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Meanings

nounslackerdom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe world or lifestyle of slackers; laziness.

    Would not her refusal to do so be craven flight from the new reality which faces her, a kind of desertion or slackerdom?

    1920, Granville Stanley Hall, Morale, the Supreme Standard of Life and Conduct
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    ...so numerous and nebulous that to list just a few of them does a disservice to the vastness of the ennui that prompted the emergence of slackerdom.

    2002, Peter Hanson, The Cinema of Generation X: A Critical Study of Films and Directors

Origin

  1. Englishslacker
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóh₁mos
  4. Proto-Germanic*dōmaz
  5. Englishslackerdom

From slacker + -dom.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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