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From scum +‎ bag; first recorded use 1953.

scumbag (plural scumbags)

(slang, vulgar, dated) A condom.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom
- 1978, Sonia Pilcer, Teen Angel‎[1], →ISBN:
  “A scumbag,” Sonny repeated. “Rubber. A pro-phy-natic. You know what I mean, don't you?”
(informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable, despicable, or otherwise immoral person; a lowlife.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk
Can you believe that scumbag Steve asked to sleep with her before even asking her name?
- 1953 July 19, Allen Cromley, “Report from Washington”, in The Daily Oklahoman‎[2], Oklahoma City, OK, page 1:
  Monroney was variously described as a "scumbag," "SOB," "Snake," "dead sheep," [...] and assorted unprintable adjectives.
- 2026 March 16, Peter Baker, “In Choosing ‘Epic Fury,’ Trump Names a War and Defines His Presidency”, in The New York Times‎[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
  In the past week, he [Donald Trump] attacked the “truly sick and demented people” in the news media, […] , not even counting the “deranged scumbags” in Iran.

despicable person