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as in jerk
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
he's easy enough to get along with when he's not being a loudmouthed slob
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as in person
a member of the human race
you just know some poor slob is going to get blamed for this mix-up
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as in everyman
an average or ordinary man
I don't know much about trust funds, as I'm just some poor slob who has to work hard for a living
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Recent Examples of slob
Its subsidiary effect, as the journalist Alistair Cooke noted at the time, was to discourage curiosity by the young, creating a regime of cautious slobs.
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George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
Others rail against the slobs of the world, or agencies that don’t do their jobs.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
Reyes is in no shape for the task, having devolved into a drunken, Hawaiian shirt-wearing slob with a bad bleach job.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
Figuring out what to wear on a plane to stay comfortable without looking like a total slob can be tricky.
—Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024
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George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
Others rail against the slobs of the world, or agencies that don’t do their jobs.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
Reyes is in no shape for the task, having devolved into a drunken, Hawaiian shirt-wearing slob with a bad bleach job.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
Figuring out what to wear on a plane to stay comfortable without looking like a total slob can be tricky.
—Niccolo Serratt, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slob
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There’s an almost-friendship-ending rift over husbands (Brent Thiessen is Cee Cee’s, a cool-guy theater director; Ben Jacoby is Bertie’s, a rich jerk) that feels deeply dated and, in the context of the women’s tell-each-other-everything friendship, just plain weird.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
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The jerk chicken is rubbed in a sweet honey glaze.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The document offers the most detailed account yet of the missing person’s investigation that culminated on Friday with the discovery of Limon’s body in a set of black trash bags discarded along the Howard Frankland Bridge.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Murmurs of possible tactics abound—including more talk within the administration of the DPA after Anthropic’s Mythos announcement, one person with knowledge of such discussions told us.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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The narrative centers on Roh Tae-woo, a man who cultivates a public image as an everyman while working the levers of influence alongside military strongman Chun Doo-hwan.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Maybe Yamamoto’s unassuming everyman act is just that good?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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The two men were too far away to be heard by reporters, and television cameras did not pick up the audio.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Despite his team’s steady slide in the standings, Flagg kept making history a year after leading Duke to the Final Four as just the fourth freshman to be named AP men’s basketball player of the year.—
Schuyler Dixon,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Much like the demonstrations two decades ago, organizers on Friday also called for a general boycott — no school, no work, no shopping — in an effort to demand that the country put workers above billionaires by taxing the rich.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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On Friday afternoon, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 57-year-old worker as Thomas Darcy, a Schaumburg resident.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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In recent years, Ed Sheeran slipped behind the counter, gamely slinging dogs and taking his fair share of abuse from the staff.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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During the day, McKinley Park is filled with activity, from dog walkers and joggers to families enjoying the outdoors.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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One thing that is permanently, forever true is that gay guys, including Mike White, are obsessed with Laura Dern.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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The guy is a football junkie and plays with the timing and rhythm.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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There’s some Streisand, too, and a big dose of Andrea Martin, specifically Martin’s signature SCTV character Edith Prickley, that bawdy, gawdy ham with all the bravado of a Catskills clown.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slob. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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