Meaning & use
sleb
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Meaning
nouncountableinformalslangBritishAustraliandisapproving
A famous person, especially one known mainly for being in the media rather than for real talent.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a sleb or two slebs.
Patterns
- a sleb
- slebs
- a sleb from a reality show
The magazine was full of photos of slebs at the beach.
He became a sleb after one season on a reality show.
Some slebs earn more from adverts than from acting.
Word forms
| plural | slebs |
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Common combinations
- a reality-TV sleb
- She is a reality-TV sleb with millions of followers.
- a minor sleb
- He is only a minor sleb outside his home town.
- slebs and stars
- The party was full of slebs and stars.
- a sleb sighting
- The café is famous for sleb sightings.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
- celeb noun
- An informal word for a famous person.
- celebrity noun
- A famous person, or the state of being famous.
Commonly confused: sleb or celeb?
sleb vs celeb
Celeb is the shortened form of celebrity and is not usually negative; sleb is slang and often slightly mocking.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'sleb' most naturally?
Choose one answer.
Sleb means a famous person, often in a slightly mocking way, so sentence 0 fits. The other options use it as if it meant a doctor, a slice, or a car part.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “sleb”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.