schlub

schlub

[shluhb]
noun
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schlub (ʃlʌb) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
slang (US) a coarse or contemptible person
 
[Yiddish, of uncertain origin]

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Schlub is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

schlub
"worthless oaf," 1964, from Yiddish, perhaps from Pol. zlob "blockhead."
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schlub definition

[ʃləb] or [ʒləb]
and zhlub
  1. n.
    a dull, unpolished person, usually a male. (Yiddish.) : I spent the whole evening listening to that schlub from New Hampshire.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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