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slob

slob [ slob ] (plural slobs)


noun 
Definition:
 
an offensive term that deliberately insults somebody regarded as having an unhealthy lifestyle or poor standards of hygiene or manners ( insult )

[Late 18th century. Via Irish slab "mud" < English slab "bog" < N Germanic]

slob·bish adjective
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