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

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== Scum ==
* [[Soap scum]], an informal term for the white solid that results from the addition of soap to hard water
* [[Impurity]] that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially water or molten metal)
* [[Dross]], solid impurities floating on a molten metal
* [[Algae]] 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'' (video game)]], 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)]], 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'', a 1991 novel by [[Isaac Bashevis Singer]] translated from the Yiddish by Rosaline Dukalsky Schwartz 
* "The Scum", a derogatory nickname for British tabloid ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''
* ''Scum'', a script by [[Roy Minton]]
** [[Scum (television play)|''Scum'' (television play)]], a 1977 television version directed by Alan Clark with Ray Winstone in a lead role
** [[Scum (film)|''Scum'' (film)]], a 1979 British feature film version directed by Clark and with Winstone
* ''[[SCUM Manifesto]]'', a 1967 book by Valerie Solanas

==Music==
===Bands===
* [[Scum (band)]], a Norwegian hardcore punk/black metal band
* [[S.C.U.M (band)]], an English post-punk/art rock group
* SCUM, a side project of Japanese noise musician [[Merzbow]]

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

===Songs===
* "Scum", by Depeche Mode from ''[[Spirit (Depeche Mode album)|Spirit]]'', 2017
* "Scum", by [[Goat Girl]], 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
* "Scum", by [[Lovejoy (band)|Lovejoy]] from [[Wake Up & It's Over]], 2023

==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; ''[[James Bond Jr.]]''

== See also ==
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* [[Scum Lake (disambiguation)]]
* [[Scum of the Earth (disambiguation)]]
* [[Skum (disambiguation)]]
* [[Scump]] or Seth Abner (born 1995), professional ''Call of Duty'' player
* [[Scrum (disambiguation)]]

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