The phrase "a scum" is not correct in standard English usage.
The term "scum" is typically used as an uncountable noun, so it should not be preceded by "a."
Example: "The surface of the pond was covered in scum, making it look uninviting."
Alternatives: "a lowlife" or "a despicable person."
He is right that Saddam is a scum with Scuds.
Should I tell his wife what a scum he is?
A trike lay tipped over in the rutted grass, and a plastic pool of water held a scum of leaves.
Arsenal star Emmanuel Frimpong was fined by the FA after calling a Tottenham fan a "scum Yid" on Twitter.
On Sunday, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman called a top Bush administration official a "scum and human bloodsucker".
They're an unavoidable by-product of power, a scum of pure ego that forms on the surface of society and imitates the appearance of leadership.
I admit, having in the past few days alone been called a "cock", an "idiot", "scum", a "wanker" (bless) and – worst of all – a "Republican" by commenters, I too am close to installing the TC comment blocker Chrome extension.
MAYBE Charles Wang's conversion came when he was described by a rival in a glossy business magazine as a "scum-sucking competitor".
HOME is always sweet, even if it's a scum-coated swamp -- at least that's the premise of the new Muppet special "Kermit's Swamp Years".
All spiced up with brief interludes of U-for-unclassified excess featuring robotic garrotes, high-speed decapitations and Cameron Diaz having sex with a windscreen while Javier Bardem compares her genitals to the mouth of a scum-sucking catfish.
At one Florida event, when a woman revealed that she was a lawyer, McCain interrupted to tell one of his favorite, not entirely fresh jokes: "What's the difference between a catfish and a lawyer?" Answer: "One is a scum-sucking bottom dweller, and the other is a fish!" McCain smiled, seeming pleased with himself.
