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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a scumbag" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used as a derogatory term to describe someone who is considered dishonest, immoral, or despicable.
Example: "After hearing about his shady business practices, I can't believe I ever trusted that scumbag."
Alternatives: "a lowlife" or "a sleazebag."
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Borat is a scumbag.
This guy's a scumbag.
That's a scumbag does that".
Donald Trump is a scumbag".
As in: "I'm not a scumbag.
"And I'll tell her she's a scumbag bitch".
"Everybody is a scumbag," Rengan Rajaratnam had said.
QUESTION FROM READER: So *is* everyone a scumbag?
"He said [the victim] was a scumbag, a rat, a troublemaker, a bad kid".
He abused the foreign minister, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, as a "scumbag" of "criminal" lineage.
"Without the meetings, I am a scumbag," he says, "so I will always do them.
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