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

Scum

Soap scum Soap scum or lime soap is the white solid composed of calcium stearate, magnesium stearate, and similar alkaline earth metal derivatives of fatty acids. These materials result from the addition of soap and other anionic surfactants to hard water. H ...

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

Impurity In chemistry and materials science, impurities are chemical substances inside a confined amount of liquid, gas, or solid, which differ from the chemical composition of the material or compound. Firstly, a pure chemical should appear thermodynam ...

that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially water or molten metal) *

Dross Dross is a mass of solid impurities floating on a molten metal or dispersed in the metal, such as in wrought iron. It forms on the surface of low- melting-point metals such as tin, lead, zinc or aluminium or alloys by oxidation of the metal. For ...

, solid impurities floating on a molten metal *

Algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...

or similar vegetation found floating on the surfaces of ponds * The topmost liquid layer in a

septic tank A septic tank is an underground chamber made of concrete, fiberglass, or plastic through which domestic wastewater (sewage) flows for basic sewage treatment. Settling and anaerobic digestion processes reduce solids and organics, but the treatme ...

, 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), 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. Southampton Football Club () is an English professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, which competes in the . Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, before which they were based at The Dell. The club play in ...

, used by supporters of rivals Portsmouth

Books, film and TV

* ''Scum'', novel by

Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer ( yi, יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born American Jewish writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help ...

translated from the Yiddish by Rosaline Dukalsky Schwartz * ''Scum'', a script by

Roy Minton Roy Minton (born in Nottingham, England) is an English playwright best known for '' Scum'' and his other work with Alan Clarke. He is notable for having written over 30 one-off scripts for London Weekend Television, Rediffusion, BBC, ATV, Gran ...

** ''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 with ...

, 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 is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...

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 Spirit or spirits may refer to: Liquor and other volatile liquids * Spirits, a.k.a. liquor, distilled alcoholic drinks * Spirit or tincture, an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol * Volatile (especially flammable) liquids, ...

'', 2017 * "Scum", by

Goat Girl Goat Girl is an English post-punk band from South London. Their initial lineup consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Clottie Cream (Lottie Pendlebury), guitarist and occasional lead vocalist L.E.D. (Ellie Rose Davies), bassist Naima Jelly (N ...

, 2016 * "Scum", by Meat Puppets from ''

No Joke! ''No Joke!'' is the ninth studio album by the Meat Puppets. The album was released on October 3, 1995, by London Records. It was the follow-up to the band's album '' Too High to Die'' and was the last Meat Puppets album with bassist Cris Kirkwood ...

'', 1995 * "Scum", by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from '' Your Funeral... My Trial'', 1986 * "Scum", by Oi Polloi from ''

Unite and Win ''Unite and Win!'' is an oi!/ anarcho-punk album by the band Oi Polloi. It was originally released in 1987 on ''Oi! Records'', and re-released in 2001 on ''Step 1 Records'' with eight extra songs. The phrase ''"Unite and Win"'' refers to the d ...

'', 1987

Acronyms

* SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion), scripting language for development of the graphical adventure game ''Maniac Mansion'' * ''

SCUM Manifesto ''SCUM Manifesto'' is a radical feminist manifesto by Valerie Solanas, published in 1967. It argues that men have ruined the world, and that it is up to women to fix it. To achieve this goal, it suggests the formation of SCUM, an organization ded ...

'', a 1967 radical feminist manifesto wherein SCUM means "Society for Cutting Up Men" * ''

Project SCUM Project SCUM was a plan proposed in 1995 by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) to sell cigarettes to members of the " alternative lifestyle" areas of San Francisco, in particular the large number of gay people in the Castro and hom ...

'', a cigarette marketing initiative * S.C.U.M. ("Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem"), the criminal organisation from the animated series; ''

James Bond Jr. ''James Bond Jr.'' is an American animated television series based on Ian Fleming's ''James Bond'' franchise. It follows the adventures of James Bond's nephew, James Bond Jr. The series debuted in September 1991 and ran for 65 episodes bef ...