slob
pronunciation
How to pronounce slob in British English:
UK [slɒb]
How to pronounce slob in American English:
US [slɑb]
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- Noun:
- a coarse obnoxious person
Word Origin
- slob (n.)
- 1780, "mud, muddy land," from Irish slab "mud, mire dirt," itself probably borrowed from English slab "muddy place" (c. 1600), from a Scandinavian source (compare Icelandic slabb "sludge"). The meaning "untidy person" is first recorded 1887, from earlier expressions such as slob of a man (1861).
Example
- 1. Sometimes you can get upset , lethargic and frustrated simply because you 've been too much of a slob too long .
- 2. He says , " it seems I can 't make any friends . Can you help me , you fat slob ? "
- 3. Look at the difference between " roger , this room is always a pigsty ! You are such a slob ! " And " roger , your room is a mess today ! Before you go out to play , it has to be picked up . "
- 4. I asked officebroker whether they would be as happy asking bosses whether they thought men wore sufficient deodorant around the workplace : or whether fellow workers believed that men quite got the difference between a clooney-esque stubble ( hot ) and the unshaven slob look ( not ) .