Scum or S.C.U.M. may refer to:

Scum

* Soap scum, an informal term for the white solid that results from the addition of soap to hard water *

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that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially water or molten metal) * Dross, solid impurities floating on a molten metal *

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or similar vegetation found floating on the surfaces of ponds * The topmost liquid layer in a septic tank, mainly consisting of fats

Games and sport

Scum (video game) ''Scum'' is an upcoming multiplayer online survival game, developed by Croatian studio Gamepires, available under the Steam Early Access program. The game is described as a "prison riot survival game" and will feature an open world. It entered ...

, an upcoming open-world survival video game *

Scum (card game) President (also commonly called Asshole, Scum, or Capitalism) is a shedding card game for three or more, in which the players race to get rid of all of the cards in their hands in order to become "president" in the following round. It is a Weste ...

, a card game in which players race to get rid of all of the cards in their hands *

S.C.U.M. (professional wrestling) S.C.U.M. (Suffering, Chaos, Ugliness, and Mayhem) was a villainous professional wrestling stable in the promotion Ring of Honor. The stable was originally formed by Kevin Steen, Steve Corino and Jimmy Jacobs. On March 2, 2013, the number of memb ...

, a professional wrestling stable * "Scum" or "scummers", a derogatory nickname for English football club Southampton F.C., used by supporters of rivals Portsmouth

Books, film and TV

* ''Scum'', novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer translated from the Yiddish by Rosaline Dukalsky Schwartz * ''Scum'', a script by Roy Minton ** ''Scum'' (television play), a once banned television version (1977) directed by Alan Clark with Ray Winstone in a lead role ** ''Scum'' (film), a British feature film version (1979) of the above directed by Clark and with Winstone

Music

Bands

Scum (band) Scum is a hardcore punk/black metal band formed in 2002 with members from Amen, Emperor, Zyklon, and Turbonegro. All members are Norwegian except for American vocalist Casey Chaos. According to the band, their idea is to play "black metal ...

, a Norwegian hardcore punk/black metal band *

S.C.U.M (band) S.C.U.M were a South East London-based post-punk/art rock band. Its members were Thomas Cohen (vocals), Bradley Baker (machines, press), Samuel Kilcoyne (keyboards), Huw Webb (bass), and Melissa Rigby (drums). The band previously included Ruar ...

, an English post-punk/art rock group * SCUM, a side project of Japanese noise musician Merzbow

Albums

* ''Scum'' (Anti-Nowhere League album), 1997 * ''Scum'' (Napalm Death album), 1987 * ''Scum'' (Rat Boy album), 2017 * ''Scums'' (album), by Nightmare, 2013

Songs

* "Scum", by Depeche Mode from '' Spirit'', 2017 * "Scum", by

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, 2016 * "Scum", by Meat Puppets from '' No Joke!'', 1995 * "Scum", by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from '' Your Funeral... My Trial'', 1986 * "Scum", by Oi Polloi from '' Unite and Win'', 1987

Acronyms

* SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion), scripting language for development of the graphical adventure game ''Maniac Mansion'' * '' SCUM Manifesto'', a 1967 radical feminist manifesto wherein SCUM means "Society for Cutting Up Men" * '' Project SCUM'', a cigarette marketing initiative * S.C.U.M. ("Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem"), the criminal organisation from the animated series; ''

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