Crossword clues for slackness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slackness \Slack"ness\, n. The quality or state of being slack.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English slæcnes "slowness, remissness, laziness;" see slack (adj.) + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.
WordNet
n. the condition of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" [syn: slack]
Wikipedia
Slackness is a collaborative album between acoustic ska vocalist Chris Murray and the New York City ska band The Slackers. Two songs (Running From Safety, Rastaman Rock) also appear on The Slackers and Friends, as different versions. "Rastaman Rock" is renamed to "I Am a Rasta Man" on The Slackers and Friends. The track " Janie Jones" is a cover of a Clash song.
Slackness refers to vulgarity in Jamaican culture, behavior and the music. It also refers to a subgenre of dancehall music with straightforward sexual lyrics performed live or recorded. Its form and pronunciation varies throughout the Caribbean.
With the decline of roots reggae music, sound systems regained popularity. DJs performed over extended grooves produced by a new mixing style of selecting called "juggling." The energy in the dance halls became very sexual, with increasingly revealing clothing, scandalous dance styles, and cruder lyrics from the DJs. Previously, sexual lyrics had been merely suggestive, but the new "slack" lyrics, part of the rebellion against fading Rastafari movement ideals, left nothing to the imagination. Ironically, the term reflects the derisive attitude typified by the Nyabinghi toward reggae music seen as lacking a deeper message.
The rise of dancehall music coincided with important shifts in Jamaican society. Politically, the Jamaican people had rejected the originally revolutionary democratic socialist regime of Michael Manley and the People's National Party, placing their hopes instead on Edward Seaga and the Jamaica Labour Party. Since Bob Marley's death there has been little mainstream media representation of disadvantaged Jamaicans and Rastafari in popular culture. Political and cultural changes along with shifting public tastes led to a new dance hall culture which became an increasingly important institution for West Indians, Jamaicans in particular.
Yellowman proclaimed, "I never know why they call it slackness. I talk about sex, but it's just what happens behind closed doors. What I talk is reality".
Usage examples of "slackness".
The chubby cheeks were gone, and it was difficult to trace a resemblance to father or mother because of the slackness that muddied her features.
In style, the boat was massive, broad beamed, steady as the shore itself, without ponderosity or slackness of line.
To judge from Jukes and Xi, Fletcher was willing to tolerate a certain amount of slackness among his personal following.
Zoe drew her legs together as much as the slackness of the straps permitted, glaring defiantly at the girl reaching over her defenceless body.
The chubby cheeks were gone, and it was difficult to trace a resemblance to father or mother because of the slackness that muddied her features.
The fat had fleshed out her body, giving her swollen breasts, buttocks, and thighs, a much more human shape than the pithecines' chimplike slackness.
The critical state of affairs acted as strong stimulus, everything was done with feverish energy, any one who showed hesitation or slackness was regarded as a traitor to the safety of all.
He and Pullings exchanged a glance: he stepped over to his larboard hawsers, felt their horrible slackness, and called to the signal-midshipman, 'Mr Savage, prepare the hoist.
True enough that Captain Vestrit never tolerated slackness in any man, but he'd simply be rid of him at the next port of call.
I shall put a stop to this slackness among the young if it takes the last ounce of strength in my body!