Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A person regarded as despicable.
Wiktionary
- n. A condom.
- n. mildly vulgar A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.
Etymologies
- scum + bag. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“No doubt the word scumbag is too light a term for CEO Don Blankenship.”
“This scumbag is a hypocrite who gunned for Clinton's blood during the latter's impeachment trial.”
“Are we still talking about this guy, in all seriousness, the guy's a scumbag and needs to resign, but what makes him a scumbag is the fact that he cheated on his family, not that he's a republican, whats that word people use to describe a generalization of an entire group because of the actions of a select few, oh yeah, a stereotype!”
First on the Ticker: GOP support for Sanford impeachment grows
“Torturing a scumbag is a equatable moral crime to raping your own daughter?”
“On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor scolded White for a media report in which he was quoted as uttering the word "scumbag" in court after a prosecutor aided in Shafer's IV system demonstration on Thursday.”
“Does he have even one source to confirm his allegations. 'scumbag' is correct.”
“Ever notice when CNN, ABC, CBS have the goods on a corrupt pol, if it's a Republican, the first line reads Republican [Scumbag], but if it's a Democrat, you'll never find the party the scumbag is from in the story?”
“Gonzalez is just another scumbag from the Bush administration.”
“I bet the Palins are glad this scumbag is out of their daughter's life.”
“Attacking a Chicago politician for being a scumbag is like attacking a San Francisco politician for being gay - it probably helps them more than it hurts.”
The NRSC wastes *no* time on properly greeting Giannoulias. | RedState
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘scumbag’.
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Unsavory characters
absconder, aretaloger, arriviste, avaunter, bamboozler, bandit, banger, barbarian, barmecide, barrator, beldam, blatherskite and 190 more...
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Words banned in the Irish parliament
According to the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, and other media, these words have been deemed "unparliamentary."
brat, buffoon, chancer, communist, corner boy, coward, fascist, gurrier, guttersnipe, rat, scumbag, scurrilous and 3 more...
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Nycanthro's list
I like words. Have kept running lists for years now. If I'd been born wealthy I'd be a linguist. Or maybe a semi-reclusive yet world-weary linguist-humanitarian-hiphop-icon known for his humility a...
oaktag, backstory, homonormative, gobshite, imagineer, comeuppance, tomfoolery, ersatz, widdershins, gigajoule, oneupmanship, conniption and 40 more...
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dirtie dirtie
words most foul
fuck, cunt, shit, hell, bloody, bloody hell, fuckhead, fucking, ass, asshole, fuck off, what fuck and 33 more...
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people (bad)
nouns for bad people / words that describe bad people.
goto the good people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )culprit, perpetrator, tormentor, swindler, bamboozler, nincompoop, thief, liar, back stabber, vandal, burglar, cheater and 85 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
derogatory terms I should use more often
assmarmot, scuzzbucket, scumbag, sleazebag, slimeball, swamp donkey, barathrum, cacafuego, clarty-paps, comprachico, ephemeromorph, creodont and 162 more...
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My Self-Descriptors: A Mirror of Text
Read this list, and read it well. When you finish, you'll know me better than my mother. That is, unless she reads this list too.
libertarian, unorthodox, unfinished, sincere, frugal, lanky, introspective, critical, laid-back, taciturn, lexiphilic, kindly and 115 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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anniewest's list
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Words that are fun to say
stipple, carbuncle, dongle, exemplar, misbegotten, gigolo, salubrious, jupiter, propinquity, piglet, tobogganing, supercilious and 309 more...
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thou varlet!
insults that roll trippingly off the tongue
varlet, addlepated, knucklehead, schmuck, ignoramus, bedlamite, nincompoop, nitwit, knave, bungler, blockhead, galoot and 91 more...
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working list
overkill, premonition, discombobulation, golliwogs, guerilla, paraphernalia, banter, gambit, atonement, leeway, ingenuity, haberdashery and 164 more...
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forbidden
contains certain adult slang terms
shaft, rod, prick, manhood, booblicious, pussylicious, tatas, bodacious, melons, joyhole, little fella, cock and 26 more...
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doublej's Words
tuesday, bender, bint, alacrity, shimmy, spank, adroit, increment, veritas, subjugate, fiddle, calico and 4 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for scumbag.
yarb Cool comment, nycanthro. I've heard that once or twice but it might have been by New Yorkers.
I'm not sure I've ever heard this used in the original sense of condom - definitely not for a few years. I've seen it in books and movies from the fifties through to the seventies, or maybe eighties, but not since. It's effective as a derogatory term not so much because of that meaning, but because of its vocal power - it's punchy and plosive, having the sort of zing-dungg! of a landed blow. Jan 20, 2009
nycanthro In Brooklyn, New York (and other parts of the metropolitan north Atlantic region) the verb 'to scumbag' means to mislead, betray or fool another person. It is synonymous with the equally colloquial 'fuck over.' Often used in the past tense.
Ex. I got scumbagged by a couple of Israelis running blow by Coney Island. Half that shit was corn starch."
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The car service tried to scumbag me. $27.50 from Flatbush to Stillwell! I took the train. Jan 20, 2009
uselessness Dang, also never heard of that use. Perhaps I should remove it from my "self-descriptors" list... Ewww. Feb 22, 2007
reesetee Ooh. Okay. Lesson learned. *zoiks* Feb 22, 2007
chained_bear Yeah, I heard that too. That's not usually what I mean when I say it, but then I stopped saying it because that's not usually what I mean. :\ Feb 22, 2007
abraxaszugzwang I remember calling Andrew Marvell a scumbag in class once for his schmoozing of some gal. The teacher got this disgusted look on her face. Days later, I read that a lot of people use this to mean a "used condom." Feb 22, 2007