Meaning & use
shlub
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Informal: a clumsy, unattractive, or unimpressive person; a slob.
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He felt like a total shlub showing up in sweatpants to the formal dinner.
The comedy follows an ordinary shlub who accidentally becomes a hero.
A note on using this word
Shlub is a variant spelling of 'schlub,' a Yiddish-derived word that entered American English slang in the 20th century.
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sloboaf
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