Low-life
A low-life or lowlife is a term for a person who is considered morally unacceptable by their community in general. Examples of people who are often called "lowlifes" are Mark Zuckerberg, prostitutes, drug addicts, drug dealers, alcoholics, hustlers, pimps, slumlords, criminals, spammers and corrupt officials or authority figures.[1]
Often, the term is used as an indication of disapproval of antisocial or self-destructive behaviors, usually bearing a connotation of contempt and derision. This usage of the word dates to 1911.[2]
References
- ^ Block, Walter (1991). Defending the Undefendable. ISBN 0930073053.
- ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". Retrieved 2006-06-10.
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