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English
Etymology
From scum + bag; first use appears c. 1967.
Pronunciation
Noun
scumbag (plural scumbags)
- (slang, vulgar, dated) A condom.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom
1978, Sonia Pilcer, Teen Angel, →ISBN:“A scumbag,” Sonny repeated. “Rubber. A pro-phy-natic. You know what I mean, don't you?”
- (informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; lowlife.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk
Can you believe that scumbag Steve asked to sleep with her before even asking her name?
1953 July 19, Allen Cromley, “Report from Washington”, in The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, page 1:Monroney was variously described as a "scumbag," "SOB," "Snake," "dead sheep," [...] and assorted unprintable adjectives.
Derived terms
Translations
despicable person
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 無賴 / 无赖 (zh) (wúlài), 流氓 (zh) (liúmáng)
- Dutch: rotzak (nl) m
- Esperanto: aĉulo (eo), kanajlo (eo), fiulo (eo), fripono (eo), kaculo (eo)
- Finnish: paskiainen (fi); roisto (fi), lurjus (fi), konna (fi)
- French: sac à merde (fr) m, enfoiré (fr) m, salaud (fr) m
- German: Drecksack (de) m, Dreckskerl (de) m
- Indonesian: bajingan (id)
- Polish: śmieć (pl) m, szumowina (pl) f, drań (pl) m, zwyrol (pl) m
- Romanian: nenorocit (ro) m
- Russian: гни́да (ru) f (gnída), отморо́зок (ru) m (otmorózok), подо́нок (ru) m (podónok), хмырь (ru) (xmyrʹ)
- Yiddish: סוואָלאָטש (svolotsh), פּאַסקודניאַק m (paskudnyak)
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