schlub

English edit

Alternative forms edit

schlob, shlub, shlubb

Etymology edit

From Yiddish זשלאָב (zhlob), perhaps from Polish żłób (“manger, trough; furrow, large groove in the soil”).^[1] Compare Russian жлоб (žlob). While the word is superficially similar in both meaning and sound to the common English term slob, the two words are not believed to be etymologically related.^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃlʌb/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun edit

schlub (plural schlubs)

(chiefly US, informal) A person who is clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt.
- 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 4, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
  After the success of the film Jaws in 1975, two schlubs went around the United States pretending to be director Steven Spielberg and lead actor Richard Dreyfuss.

Derived terms edit

schlubby

Translations edit

person who is clumsy, oafish, socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt

Esperanto: krudulo, maldelikatulo, bruto (eo), ŝtipkapulo
Finnish: tomppeli (fi), tollo (fi)
French: plouc (fr) m
Polish: niechluj (pl) m
Russian: жлоб (ru) m (žlob) (slang), лох (ru) m (lox) (slang)
Yiddish: זשלאָב m (zhlob)

References edit

^ “schlub”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
^ The Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989

[1] “schlub”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

[2] The Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989

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