schlub

or shlub

[ shluhb ]

nounSlang.
  1. a clumsy, stupid person.

Origin of schlub

1
First recorded in 1950–55; from Yiddish zhlob, zhlub “yokel, boor,” from Polish żłób “blockhead” literally, “trough, manger”
  • Also zhlub, zhlob [zhluhb, zhlawb] /ʒlʌb, ʒlɔb/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for schlub

schlub

/ (ʃlʌb) /


noun
  1. US slang a coarse or contemptible person

Origin of schlub

1
Yiddish, of uncertain origin

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