scumbag

English

Etymology

scum +‎ bag

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

scumbag (plural scumbags)

1. (vulgar, dated) condom
2. (mildly vulgar) sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; lowlife
   • 1953 July 19, Allen Cromley, “Report from Washington”, in The Daily Oklahoman‎^[1], Oklahoma City, OK, page 1:

     Monroney was variously described as a "scumbag," "SOB," "Snake," "dead sheep," ... and assorted unprintable adjectives.

   • Can you believe that scumbag Steve asked to sleep with her before even asking her name?

Derived terms

• scumbaggery
• scumbagginess
• scumbaggy

Related terms

• scumbucket
• dirtbag
• hosebag
• sleazebag
• slutbag

Translations

condom — see condom

despicable person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無賴／无赖 (zh) (wúlài), 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
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• German: Drecksack (de) m, Dreckskerl m
• Indonesian: bajingan (id)
• Romanian: nenorocit (ro) m
• Russian: гни́да (ru) f (gnída), отморо́зок (ru) m (otmorózok), подо́нок (ru) m (podónok)
• Yiddish: סוואָלאָטש (svolotsh), פּאַסקודניאַק m (paskudnyak)

See also

• sleazeball
• scuzzball
• scuzzbucket