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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
that guy's a real slime, so avoid him at all costs
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Recent Examples of slime
The evolutionary debut of cnidarians and ctenophores thus represented one of the most significant steps in the journey from primordial slime to humans.
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Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Upon arrival, young guests are treated to a slime smoothie, setting the stage for Nickelodeon character meet-and-greets and impromptu dance parties.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Playing with slime is a cathartic and uplifting experience to hear Sloomoo Institute cofounders Karen Robinovitz and Sara Schiller tell it.
—Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Improving ventilation and fixing leaks can reduce slime build-up.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
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Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Upon arrival, young guests are treated to a slime smoothie, setting the stage for Nickelodeon character meet-and-greets and impromptu dance parties.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Playing with slime is a cathartic and uplifting experience to hear Sloomoo Institute cofounders Karen Robinovitz and Sara Schiller tell it.
—Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Improving ventilation and fixing leaks can reduce slime build-up.
—Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slime
Noun
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In Talisay city, rows of homes have been flattened and communities along the Mananga River buried in mud and debris.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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In 1997, Stewart was pictured wearing overalls, an oversized barn jacket, and over-the-knee mud boots with her arm wrapped around the neck of a cow.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And the bureaucratic strangle that leads to this inflation continues its creep.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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What most of us get instead is the slow creep of burnout.—
Rochelle Ratkaj,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The swimming pool was covered with leaves and sludge and algae.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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This movie oozes style — and actual undead sludge, occasionally — along with Cody’s signature sense of humor.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The sibling filmmaking duo spent most of the 2010s making a colossal two-part movie adaptation of King’s 1,138-page horror opus about a shapeshifting clown who terrorizes the small town of Derry, Maine.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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The woman dressed as a spooky ringmaster while her husband played the part of a creepy clown.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Gooneral’s attendees didn’t care that Malone was, from all available evidence, not a gooner at all but rather an unaffiliated, lone-wolf pervert.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Boiled down to a thoughtless pervert by the public, Six became one.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Tonight, Al Roker and his Weather Hunter team will be in attendance, anticipating a bevy of soulful classics, including oxtail, ribs, fries, mac and cheese and jerk chicken.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dig into Caribbean jerk chicken pizza at Blackstone Pub downtown or savor a few slices topped with spicy meatballs and peppadews served with a waterfront view at Little Bridge Marina’s Pizza Kitchen.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After spending a decade and a half in the brains of a meth kingpin and a slimeball attorney, Gilligan wanted his next protagonist to be a force for good.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now, these slimeballs no longer pose a threat to public safety.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Choose a crate that is a comfortable size for your dog.—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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The stretchy fabric allows for a full range of motion and remains in place through every downward dog and tree pose.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Slime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slime. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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