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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
schlub
 
PRONUNCIATION:  shlb
VARIANT FORMS: also shlub
NOUN: Slang A person regarded as clumsy, stupid, or unattractive.
ETYMOLOGY:Yiddish, from Polish zhób, trough, blockhead.
 
 
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  schlockmeister schmaltz  
 
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