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slack ass

slack ass noun: someone who is exceptionally lazy, careless, or irresponsible in their work or duties.

Noun

slack ass (plural slack asses)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) Someone who is exceptionally lazy, careless, or irresponsible in their work or duties.
    • “It’s nothing to grin about, you slack ass,” Hopkinson snapped.1937, Compton Mackenzie, The East Wind Of Love, page 64
    • So when the rich taxpayer from the Uplands phones in a complaint about the slack-ass sitting on the curb beside his paint can with his nose in a book, it's decided I've finally stepped over the line, and I'm fired.2008, Stevenson, Richard, Wiser Pills, page 53

Forms of slack ass

pluralslack asses

Questions about slack ass

What does slack ass mean?
Slack ass means someone who is exceptionally lazy, careless, or irresponsible in their work or duties.
What part of speech is slack ass?
Slack ass is a noun.
What is the plural of slack ass?
The plural of slack ass is slack asses.

Words near slack ass in the dictionary

  1. Slabys
  2. SLAC
  3. slack
  4. slack Alice
  5. slack Alices
  6. slack ass
  7. slack bob
  8. slack bobs
  9. slack fill
  10. slack fills
  11. slack key

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