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slob

[slob] / slɒb /
NOUN
a slovenly or boorish person
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I knew I was being absurd, a slob, a partial embarrassment, but I didn’t care.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024

I’ll chuck on slob clothes — a track suit and some Birkenstocks — and go off to Blue Bottle and get a coffee.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

More recently, cartoonist Scott Adams satirized the attitude in a 1990s Dilbert comic strip that depicted office slob Wally taking an “in-cubicle sabbatical.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2022

Samuel, a nice failed writer and slob, turns his life around one day by stepping in front of a car in “Big Gold Brick.”

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022

Momma’s hand, Byron’s finger and the match were soaked with Joey’s slob.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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