A person who loiters about doing nothing: “Get busy, don’t just be a(n) _________.”
This question was markedly rephrased from the 1965–70 question.
| BUM | 8 |
| GOOD-FOR-NOTHING | 3 |
| NO-GOOD | 2 |
| BUMP ON A LOG | 1 |
| COUCH POTATO | 1 |
| LOAFER | 1 |
| ORNAMENT | 1 |
| SLACKER | 1 |
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