Schlub
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃlʌb/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Schlub is a noun meaning A person who is clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt.
Meaning
A person who is clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward, or unattractive or unkempt.
Example Sentences
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.
It wasn’t sufficient for Mother to use the rolling pin on that hapless brother of mine; she’d also call him Zlob, or Cham, another Polish term for an awkward peasant, something that a son of a nice Jewish family should never be.
“Do you want me to go in for a quick snoop and poop?” “No. You cannot go. They will sense you. No, we need a mortal. A human. A common schlub. A nobody. Someone whose personality is like a eunuch. Do you know?” “Okay, I'm gonna go. I'll go. All right? I'll go.”
Word Forms
- schlubs
- schlob
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shlub, schlob, schlump, shlump, schloomp, slob.
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