My parents used to call me a "slacker" when I was younger, but I don't really know what that word means!
A slacker is a person who always avoids doing their work or lacks the attitude to do it. 
That doesn't sound like me at! Slacker is a strange word, I wonder where it came from?
Back during WW1, a slacker described someone not participating in the continuous war effort, or avoided the military service altogether
Wow, I had no idea the term was that old. So people have been calling each other slackers for over 100 years!
Those who did avoid the war efforts were hunted down, and the term, 'slacker raids' were promoted.
That sounds intense! I seem to recall seeing a movie called Slacker from the 80s or 90s. Every part of the movie was shot with a different type of film.
That is interesting how the term is carried over During Both World Wars and continues to be revitalized in movies such as Slacker !
Yes, there must be something appealing about the way the word sounds! I'm going to start calling my son slacker to see if it bothers him.
describe someone who was not participating in the war effort, specifically someone who avoided military service, equivalent to the later term "draft dodger". Attempts to track down such evaders were called "slacker raids". During World War I, U.S. Senator Miles Poindexter discussed whether inquiries "to separate the cowards and the slackers from those who had not violated the draft" had been managed properly. A "San Francisco Chronicle" headline on 7 September 1918, read, "Slacker is Doused in Barrel of Paint". The
Slacker
A slacker is someone who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic.
Origin.
According to different sources, the term "slacker" dates back to about 1790 or 1898. "Slacker" gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme in the early to mid 20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as "slacking".
World wars.
In the United States during World War I, the word "slacker" was commonly used to