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[slɒb], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person who is lazy and has low standards of cleanliness
(e.g: he's a slob and expects others to clean up after him)
- muddy land
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Origin
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mid 18th century (in the sense ‘mud’): probably a variant of dialect slab ‘muddy place, puddle, ooze, sludge’, probably of Scandinavian origin. The word was used to denote various types of person from the 19th century: a weak or foolish person or a fat person (both in Irish English) and a lazy, slovenly person (from the late 19th century)
[slɒb], (Verb)
Definitions:
- behave in a lazy and slovenly way
(e.g: he spent his life watching television and generally slobbing around)
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Origin
:
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘mud’): probably a variant of dialect slab ‘muddy place, puddle, ooze, sludge’, probably of Scandinavian origin. The word was used to denote various types of person from the 19th century: a weak or foolish person or a fat person (both in Irish English) and a lazy, slovenly person (from the late 19th century)
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