zhlub

In his Yiddish dictionaries, Leo Rosten spelled it zhlub, from the Slavic zhlob, “coarse fellow.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

In his Yiddish dictionaries, Leo Rosten spelled it zhlub, from the Slavic zhlob, “coarse fellow.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

HALFTIME SHOW: Some lucky zhlub from Georgia has 60 seconds to kick a 40-yard field goal in five attempts.

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These sorts of “underlying numbers” often lag party preference — one guy looks like the prime minister until you decide he won’t be prime minister, at which point the guy who looked like a zhlub suddenly starts to clean up nicely.

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The senses today range from describing a person who is “ill-mannered” (“he acts like a zhlub, that zhlub”) to “clumsy” (“Vassar-Shmassar, the girl’s still a zhlub”) to “oafish” (“what can you expect from such a zhlub?”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Which spelling is correct—the magazine’s zhlub or the newspaper’s schlub?

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

The senses today range from describing a person who is “ill-mannered” (“he acts like a zhlub, that zhlub”) to “clumsy” (“Vassar-Shmassar, the girl’s still a zhlub”) to “oafish” (“what can you expect from such a zhlub?”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Which spelling is correct—the magazine’s zhlub or the newspaper’s schlub?

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004