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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
Others rail against the slobs of the world, or agencies that don’t do their jobs.
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Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
There were a few pictures of him by the paparazzi that were in London, walking out of a club, not having shaved, looking like a slob.
—Bruce Handy, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Reyes is in no shape for the task, having devolved into a drunken, Hawaiian shirt-wearing slob with a bad bleach job.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
Things got particularly ugly during 2016 presidential debates when he was asked to defend referring to women as fat pigs and slobs.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slob
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For those with less-briny palates, a fine jerk chicken and a number of steak cuts are also available.—
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Mike’s older sister, Nancy (Natalia Dyer), is our entry point to Hawkins High; a pretty striver, she’s recently been distracted from academics by a fling with popular jerk Steve Harrington (Joe Keery).—
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Earlier that evening, Garden Grove police had been contacted by the Santa Ana Police Department, which was investigating a possible missing-person case after the woman failed to report to work, police said.—
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The occasional person on a walk or shopper at one of the barely dozen stores still open, but the sound inside the mall is mostly just silence.—
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O’Neill was an everyman, never forgetting his middle-class roots.—
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His oysterman image is an important part of building his identity as an everyman working an honest job, a friend to the middle class.—
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Georgia grows tired of her husband and their nightly trips to the fancy French restaurant and decides to have an affair with another man at another table (Alan Howard).—
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Minutes later, police received a call from a different location from a man who said he’d been shot by federal officers and was requesting help, according to Day and dispatch audio.—
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The same Georgia plant where Hyundai plans to test out Atlas was the site of a federal immigration raid last year that led to the arrests of hundreds of workers, including more than 300 South Korean citizens.—
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Karmen Black, a licensed social worker and Minneapolis resident, received the Heroic Act Award from the United States Lifesaving Association on Monday during a ceremony at Minneapolis Fire Station 5.—
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Choose a crate that is a comfortable size for your dog.—
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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.—
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Wouldn’t be surprised if a few cheerleaders and equipment guys are looking to leave, too.—
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The guy in the back seat with me was just, like, trying to strike up small talk.—
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Brewer depicts the world of music impersonators with a fair amount of affection, like the rodeo clowns of late 20th-century America.—
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Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns – all doing spectacular feats.—
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“Slob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slob. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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