slimeball

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McCain - being the slime addict that he has turned into - will decline this challenge and be forever known as the slimeball who wouldn't help lead this nation to a national dialogue on issues.

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  • She called him a 'slimeball,' and it sounded too strong to be a latter-day in­vention. —  Disordered Minds
  • Edwards may be a slimeball, but that doesn't make him stupid. —  Scobleizer
  • He wrote a book and named names, and he was immediately ripped as a slimeball and money-grubber. —  FanHouse
  • Where I perhaps differ from you is that I think that Bush is also a slimeball - a stupid, venal one at that - and equally ineffective. —  AMERICAN DIGEST
  • Having claimed repeatedly that his plant hires no illegals, this revelation comes at a darned inconvenient time, as far he's he's concerned. the story a "slimeball" that goes to his character and integrity. —  MaxRedline
 

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  1. slime + -ball (probably as in oddball).
 

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