This week's theme: words from Yiddish. schlub (shlub) noun, also spelled as zhlub or zhlob
A clumsy oaf. [From Yiddish, from Polish zhlob (blockhead, trough, manger).] -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "This is ... the comedy of the schlub on the barstool who wonders when it all went wrong." Allan Brown; The Joke's Wearing a Bit Thin; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Jun 18, 2006. Sponsors' messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw Announce your products, services, or message here. Reach more than 600,000 people in this space. Simple and cost-effective. Write to us at sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone, yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming. -Emily Carr, artist and writer (1871-1945) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/schlub.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/schlub.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/schlub.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
