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 ...

, 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 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. Fo ...

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

, a professional wrestling stable * "Scum" or "scummers", a derogatory nickname for English football club

Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is a professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, England. The club competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, befor ...

, used by supporters of rivals Portsmouth

Books, film and TV

* ''Scum'', a 1991 novel by

Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (; 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Poland, Polish-born Jews, Jewish novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator in the United States. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and publish ...

translated from the Yiddish by Rosaline Dukalsky Schwartz * "The Scum", a derogatory nickname for British tabloid ''

The Sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot Plasma (physics), plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as ...

'' * ''Scum'', a script by

Roy Minton Roy Minton (28 August 1933 – 17 August 2024) was an English playwright and screenwriter best known for ''Scum (film), Scum'' and his other work with Alan Clarke. He is notable for having written over 30 one-off scripts for London Weekend Tel ...

** ''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 ''SCUM Manifesto'' is a self-published manifesto by American radical feminist 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 ...

'', a 1967 book by Valerie Solanas

Music

Bands

Scum (band) Scum was a hardcore punk/black metal supergroup 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 me ...

, 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 Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada a ...

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 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 ( ...

, 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 Kirkwoo ...

'', 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 desi ...

'', 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 ''Wake Up & It's Over'' is the third EP by English indie rock band Lovejoy. It was released independently through the band's label Anvil Cat Records and AWAL on 12 May 2023. It contains six tracks, including lead single " Call Me What You Lik ...

, 2023

Acronyms

SCUMM Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion (SCUMM) is a video game engine developed at Lucasfilm Games, later renamed LucasArts, to ease development on their graphic adventure game ''Maniac Mansion'' (1987). It was subsequently used as the engin ...

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

'', 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 home ...

'', 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. Produced by Mac B, Danjaq and Murakami-Wolf-Swenson in association with United Artists, it follows the adventures of James Bond's ...