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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
The slob look just doesn’t work.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
If traditional sandwiches were greasy and chaotic, the province of children and cartoon slobs, wraps were tidy and sensible, the province of working women with slim hips and pin-straight hair.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
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.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 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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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
If traditional sandwiches were greasy and chaotic, the province of children and cartoon slobs, wraps were tidy and sensible, the province of working women with slim hips and pin-straight hair.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
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.
—George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 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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Emerson had a 290 in the clean-and-jerk and 235 in the snatch (525 total) in the 154-pound weight class.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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McKenzie was even more ahead of the pack in the Traditional style, which couples each lifter’s best bench press with their clean-and-jerk mark.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Stepheny Price is a Writer at Fox News with a focus on West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, national and international crime stories, homicide cases, and border security.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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In addition, le Polain said test results were also pending for one person from the ship with an inconclusive case.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Our everyman is Ben Reilly — played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, making his live-action television debut — a private investigator who moonlights as the city’s only superhero, the Spider.—
Tracy Brown,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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Yet the very-not-everyman golfers are always within an arm’s length, milling about the grounds like weekend duffers.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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As for Jalen Duren, the big man’s postseason woes continued.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Boston 25 News reported that Brown has a criminal history spanning nearly two decades, citing court records tied to a man with the same name and date of birth that include prior firearm and drug convictions.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2026
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An afternoon stroll with Oscar (Diego Calva), who begins as Arlo’s social worker and becomes Peter’s love interest, is invitingly honey-colored in the sunlight, while a druggy nightclub hookup devolves into a dreamy blur of body parts.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Others are alive with the sound of hammers and saws, as workers frame new construction.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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In real life, once the cameras stop rolling, Wallace and McGarry have bonded over their dog named Darla, who made her online debut in March 2024.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Landowski only began competing Neo in agility competitions last year, and the training involved coaching with a dog trainer in Hudson Oaks and years of hogging the family computer to watch dog agility competition videos, her mother, Rhian said.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 May 2026
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You guys went to see him and also gave his son a scholarship.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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One guy has a hairnet, but that’s about it.—
Akash Kapur,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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In the end, Bill Skarsgård returned as the horrifying clown Pennywise, which was always the plan from the start.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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Even a rival gave kudos — kind of — to the clown.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slob. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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