dirtbag

noun

dirt·​bag ˈdərt-ˌbag How to pronounce dirtbag (audio)
slang
: a dirty, unkempt, or contemptible person

Examples of dirtbag in a Sentence

forgetting my birthday was the final straw—I had to dump the dirtbag
Recent Examples on the Web The setting is familiar enough: rural Texas farmland, a creepy old couple, charming dirtbags secretly shooting a dirty movie. Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024 There reside the morally complicated men, if not outright dirtbags. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024 Alfonso is somehow a bigger dirtbag, and Thompson’s voice felt too dry (read: not sticky) and distilled of a requisite toxicity. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 22 June 2024 Colin Jost is two years out of Harvard and looks like a total Staten Island dirtbag. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dirtbag 

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dirtbag was circa 1967

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“Dirtbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirtbag. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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