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 *

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

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

Algae Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular ...

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 treatment ...

, mainly consisting of fats

Games and sport

* ''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'' * ''Scum'', a script by Roy Minton ** ''Scum'' (television play), a 1977 television version directed by Alan Clark with Ray Winstone in a lead role ** ''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), 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 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 ''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery fiction, mystery series, based on the Lovejoy (novel series), novels by John Grant (Lovejoy), John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six ser ...

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.''