Definition of slack-jaw

slack-jaw

noun

a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin". Literally: a person whose jaw hangs open. It's suggested that the individual is either too lazy to hold their jaw closed or is too stupid to notice.
- See more words with the same meaning: a lazy person.
- See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.
- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.
Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Eric W. Carden from Huntsville, AL, USA on Sep 11 1997.

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Other terms relating to 'a lazy person':
loaf	Definitions include: to rest.
bum around	Definitions include: to be lazy.
drainer	Definitions include: a person who is a total slacker, or completely lazy.
loaf around	Definitions include: to be lazy.
bludger	Definitions include: a lazy person.
*half-ss**	Definitions include: terrible, lousy, respect-less, lazy.
*sht-bag**	Definitions include: a person who is lazy, good for nothing, incompetent, or have little regard for the law.
couch potato	Definitions include: a lazy person, especially someone who spends a extended period of time on a couch while watching television.
lazy dog	Definitions include: a lazy person.
slackass	Definitions include: a lazy person.
piker	Definitions include: a lazy person.
dosser	Definitions include: a lazy person - i.e. one who dosses.
bum	Definitions include: to be sad.
hump	Definitions include: a lazy or worthless person.
rest and vest	Definitions include: at a place of employment, to do little work while waiting for one's stock options to vest.
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Other terms relating to 'rural dweller':
stick	Definitions include: a person who lives in a rural area.
chillbilly	Definitions include: a hillbilly from colder climes, such as Alaska.
hayseed	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "bumpkin".
cooter	Definitions include: female genitalia.
redneck	Definitions include: a person from a rural area.
slack-jawed	Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
bamma	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; uncool person.
bumpkin	Definitions include: an unsophisticated person from a rural area.
trailer trash	Definitions include: From the stereotype that poor people (especially in the Midwestern United States) live in trailer-homes.
hillbilly	Definitions include: an uncultured person who lives in a rural area.
good ol' boy	Definitions include: see good old boy.
billy	Definitions include: abbreviated form of hillbilly.
white trash	Definitions include: poor, uneducated Caucasians.
yokel	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "hick".
neck	Definitions include: abbreviation for redneck.
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Other terms relating to 'unintelligent person, idiot':
chowder head	Definitions include: an unintelligent person.
bimbo	Definitions include: an unintelligent female.
dingus	Definitions include: an unintelligent person; "idiot"; "moron".
slack-jawed	Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
hole digger	Definitions include: an idiot.
momo	Definitions include: an unintelligent person; "moron".
gimp	Definitions include: a stupid person; "moron"; "idiot".
numpty	Definitions include: idiot; fool.
dill hole	Definitions include: butthole/jackass
DAN	Definitions include: acronym for "dumb-ass nigga".
*fcktard**	Definitions include: an extremely stupid person.
gumby	Definitions include: an inexperienced person; "green person".
re-re	Definitions include: a rejected retard.
window licker	Definitions include: a mentally handicapped person.
cherries	Definitions include: stupid. (also used as grapes).
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Other terms relating to 'jaw':
glass jaw	Definitions include: Someone who can't back up their threats. Related to pussy
jaw	Definitions include: to talk, usually excessively.
jaw-dropping	Definitions include: very surprising.
slack-jawed	Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
slack-jawed lackey	Definitions include: a person who is unintelligent and easy to push around.
woppy-jawed	Definitions include: not quite right.
yap (one's) jaw	Definitions include: talking excessively.
Other terms relating to 'slack':
cut some slack	Definitions include: to be lenient.
slack	Definitions include: to idle, waste time.
slacker	Definitions include: a person who doesn't get good grades and instead drinks alcohol, does drugs, and goes to parties.
slack-jawed	Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
slack-jawed lackey	Definitions include: a person who is unintelligent and easy to push around.
slack off	Definitions include: to work less hard than appropriate.
slacktivism	Definitions include: activism that requires little effort (and that often has little effect) and is mainly designed to make participants feel better about themselves.