scumbag
nounUS /ˈskʌmˌbæɡ/
Etymology From scum + bag; first recorded use 1953.
- “A scumbag,” Sonny repeated. “Rubber. A pro-phy-natic. You know what I mean, don't you?”1978, Sonia Pilcer, Teen Angel, →ISBN:
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Informal, Mildly, Vulgar 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.1953 July 19, Allen Cromley, “Report from Washington”, in The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK, page 1:
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- 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.2026 March 16, Peter Baker, “In Choosing ‘Epic Fury,’ Trump Names a War and Defines His Presidency”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- scumbaggery, scumbagginess, scumbaggy
- Related terms
- scumbucket, dirtbag, hosebag, sleazebag, slutbag, sleazeball, scuzzball, scuzzbucket