slimeball

noun

slime·​ball ˈslīm-ˌbȯl How to pronounce slimeball (audio)
slang

Examples of slimeball in a Sentence

He's a real slimeball for leaving her. a real slimeball, that shyster has happily defended, for a healthy fee, drug dealers and child molesters
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Daisy's career begins when she gets discovered by Hank Allen, who would go on to briefly become her manager and slimeball boyfriend. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023 The former is dormant for now, while the latter has picked up nearly 1,500 followers with a steady stream of off-putting memes and videos featuring the anthropomorphized slimeball. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2023 Back in the Red Keep, Larys offers to be a double agent for Otto — giving shades of Littlefinger for this slimeball master of whispers. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Oct. 2022 Larys, who is now a total slimeball, takes Alicent’s words as a command and moves to rectify his own house’s shame. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 26 Sep. 2022 But Don Blankenship, the slimeball West Virginia coal operator who tried to cover up safety violations in the Upper Big Branch mine before an explosion there killed 29 miners in 2010, has gone too far. Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2018 Earlier on Friday, the president attacked fired F.B.I. Director James Comey, as an untruthful slimeball. NBC News, 15 Apr. 2018 The biggest surprises confirm what an unbelievable slimeball Connie is. A. O. Scott, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2017 Then the slimeball sends Meemo to execute Ray and Nikki. Zane Moses, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slimeball was in 1972

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“Slimeball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slimeball. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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