slob
noun/slɒb/
/slɑːb/
(informal, disapproving)- a person who is lazy and dirty or untidy
- I like things to be tidy—I won't live like a slob.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Irish slab ‘mud’, from Anglo-Irish slab ‘ooze, sludge’, probably of Scandinavian origin.Want to learn more?
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