wagecuck

English

Etymology

wage +‎ cuck (“weakling or traitor”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪd͡ʒkʌk/

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Noun

wagecuck (plural wagecucks)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person who works a mindless, low-paying job.

   Have fun at your lame-ass nine to five, wagecuck.

   • 2017, Benjamin Thomas Collins, "Who Are Anonymous?: A Study of Online Activism", thesis submitted to King's College London, page 276:

     This Ressentiment, this focus on extolling the virtues of the ‘weak’ in any situation calls back to Anonymous’ gestation on 4chan, a place which to this day still frequently sees similar discussion among people who are (or claim to be) desperately poor, disaffected or lonely; using a shield of Ressentiment against so-called ‘wage-cucks’ or ‘normies’ with jobs, houses or who have any kind of genuine emotional connection to another human being.

   • 2020, "Gradient descent", "How To Create A Company That Co-Op Students Thirst After", mathNEWS (University of Waterloo), 10 July 2020, page 9:

     I've written a lot and looking back, I wonder why I wrote all this (probably sound like a wagecuck but hey, I probably am one). So let's just end off with this: hire me plz.

   • 2021, anonymous, quoted in Hugo Engholm, "The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 62:

     “Average man is a crippling lonely wagecuck with two childhood friends and a 7 year long dryspell [sic].”