Scum

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 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), 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

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 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.