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wagecuck

/ˈweɪd͡ʒkʌk/

wagecuck noun: a person who works a mindless, low-paying job.

Noun

wagecuck (plural wagecucks)

  1. (Internet, derogatory) A person who works a mindless, low-paying job.
    • Have fun at your lame-ass nine to five, wagecuck.
    • This Ressentiment, this focus on extolling the virtues of the ‘weak’ in any situation calls back to Anonymous’ gestation on 4chan, a place which to this day still frequently sees similar discussion among people who are (or claim to be) desperately poor, disaffected or lonely; using a shield of...2017, Benjamin Thomas Collins, "Who Are Anonymous?: A Study of Online Activism", thesis submitted to King's College London, page 276

Examples of wagecuck in a sentence

  • I've written a lot and looking back, I wonder why I wrote all this (probably sound like a wagecuck but hey, I probably am one).2020, "Gradient descent", "How To Create A Company That Co-Op Students Thirst After", mathNEWS (University of Waterloo), 10 July 2020, page...
  • Average man is a crippling lonely wagecuck with two childhood friends and a 7 year long dryspell [sic].2021, anonymous, quoted in Hugo Engholm, "The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its...

Forms of wagecuck

pluralwagecucks
alternative formwage-cuck

Origin of wagecuck

From wage + cuck (“weakling or traitor”).

Questions about wagecuck

What does wagecuck mean?
Wagecuck means a person who works a mindless, low-paying job.
How do you use wagecuck in a sentence?
I've written a lot and looking back, I wonder why I wrote all this (probably sound like a wagecuck but hey, I probably am one).
What part of speech is wagecuck?
Wagecuck is a noun.
How do you pronounce wagecuck?
Wagecuck is pronounced /ˈweɪd͡ʒkʌk/ (US).
What is the plural of wagecuck?
The plural of wagecuck is wagecucks.

Words near wagecuck in the dictionary

  1. wage-slaving
  2. wage-worthy
  3. wageable
  4. wagecel
  5. wagecels
  6. wagecuck
  7. wagecucks
  8. waged
  9. wagedom
  10. wagel
  11. wageless

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