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Also known as quitter, shirker, goofball, slacking, quitting, shirking, goofing, slackener

A slacker is someone who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic.

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A slacker is someone who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic.

==Origin== According to different sources, the term "slacker" dates back to about 1790 or 1898. "Slacker" gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme in the early to mid-20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as "slacking".

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