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slopsucker
/slopsuhkr/ , n. A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything
else has had its fill of machine resources. Only when the machine would
otherwise be idle is the task allowed to ` suck up the slop. Also called a
hungry puppy or bottom feeder. One common variety of slopsucker hunts for
large prime numbers. Compare background.