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Discover LudwigThe phrase "you scumbag" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used as an insult to express disdain or contempt towards someone. Example: "After what you did to your friend, I can't believe you would stoop so low. You scumbag."
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You scumbag.
'So you thought this was a fucking joke, you scumbag?' And I hit him twice in the back".
"And when I hear those words: 'You scumbag, you maggot', I'll think of that man," she said.
A small demonstration outside Danczuk's constituency office in Rochdale ended in ugly scenes when two men confronted the MP in the town centre, shouting: "Resign, you scumbag," as he retreated to his office.
The offending line is of course "You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap, lousy faggot", and Radio 1 is now playing it with the word "faggot" digitally removed (though bizarrely you can here the unbowdlerised version on that cutting-edge and boundary pushing station, Radio 2).
If you talk about drugs, some old-timer might bark at you and yell, "THIS IS ABOUT ALCOHOL, NOT HARD DRUGS, YOU SCUMBAG JUNKY!" Lots of people are cross-addicted to drugs and alcohol, so they get shunned and end up at N.A.
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You're already back on the Pret, I know you are, scumbag.
You're already back on the Pret A Manger, I know you are, scumbag.
It's amazing having a great girl singer calling you a scumbag and a maggot, but at the end the song turns into a high-stepping waltz.
Get a haircut, you utter scumbag.
Overdosing on heroin doesn't make you a scumbag.
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