Definition of "slacker"

“I don’t think this is a generation of slackers,” said Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers. “This image of the kid who goes off and skis in Colorado, I don’t think that’s the correct image. Today’s young people are very focused on trying to work hard and to get ahead.”

2011 May 28, Catherine Rampell, quoting Carl Van Horn, “A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much”, in The New York Times‎

Kevin Smith wrote and directed the slacker hits “Clerks,” “Dogma” and “Chasing Amy,” but lately it is his other life—maintaining six Web sites that he describes as “devoted to my fans and my films”—that seems to consume him.

2005 December 18, Craig Modderno, “Slacker Dot-Com”, in The New York Times‎

Gen Xers were said to be lazy—“slackers” in the parlance of the time—who didn’t exhibit the straightforward work ethic of their predecessors.

2010, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, page 121

[S]everal hundred prisoners captured in North Jersey slacker raids last week and sent to this camp are being Inducted into military service today […]

1918 September 10, “Take Slackers into Army”, in The New York Times‎

Senator Burton K. Wheeler opened his fight in the Senate today […] , raising the cry of "slackers" against deferred workers in Government establishments and industry.

1943 September 29, C. P. Trussell, “Wheeler Assails Bureau ‘Slackers’”, in The New York Times‎

I'm a slacker from way back btw

1996 August 15, stephen benson, “Re: How broken is Infomagic's Redhat linux?”, in comp.os.linux.setup‎ (Usenet)

Hope you become a happy slacker.

2002 January 15, Josh, “Re: slackware installation issue”, in comp.os.linux‎ (Usenet)

Any real Slacker would know better than to top-post, AND post a bunch of HTML-crap to boot. You're not worthy.

2007 May 16, Dan C, “Re: Distro Poll, what do you use?”, in alt.os.linux‎ (Usenet)