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scumbag

noun
/ˈskʌmˌbæɡ/US

Etymology

From scum + bag; first recorded use 1953.

  1. derived from baggi
  2. inherited from bagge
  3. compounded as scumbag — “scum + bag”

Definitions

  1. A condom.

    • “A scumbag,” Sonny repeated. “Rubber. A pro-phy-natic. You know what I mean, don't you?”

  2. A sleazy, disreputable, despicable, or otherwise immoral person

    A sleazy, disreputable, despicable, or otherwise immoral person; a lowlife.

    • Can you believe that scumbag Steve asked to sleep with her before even asking her name?
    • Monroney was variously described as a "scumbag," "SOB," "Snake," "dead sheep," [...] and assorted unprintable adjectives.
    • In the past week, he [Donald Trump] attacked the “truly sick and demented people” in the news media, […], not even counting the “deranged scumbags” in Iran.

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Derived

scumbaggery, scumbagginess, scumbaggy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scumbag. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA