Slacker
Slacker ( English , from slack , "listless", "flaccid") is a name for a person whose lifestyle is characterized by poor performance and willingness to adapt in school or at work .
The term was originally used in the United States for people who wanted to evade military service . In the 1990s there was a change in terms. Initially as a reaction to corresponding tendencies in the youth culture of Generation X , which were perceived as negative, a clearly derogatory term, today slacker can also generally refer to an unconventionally living person.
The term became widely known through Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker , whose German title is Rumtreiber .
Slackers see their way of life as a way to self-fulfillment by consistently avoiding or at least postponing efforts in areas that they consider to be unimportant. It is characterized, among other things, by renouncing a professional career , social advancement and status symbols . Little importance is attached to the external appearance. Slackers are usually not organized in formal groups .