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zhlubby

zhlubby is the alternative spelling of schlubby.

Meaning of schlubby

Adjective

schlubby (comparative schlubbier or more schlubby, superlative schlubbiest or most schlubby)

  1. (Jewish, New-York-City, informal, slang) Clumsy, oafish, or socially awkward; unattractive or unkempt.
    • It's a wasted review copy, sending “schlubby” nonfiction to Eliot Fremont-Smith at New York magazine or a book by William Buckley to Rolling Stone […]1974, Genevieve Stuttaford, “A Short Review of the Magazine Reviewers”, in Publishers Weekly, volume 206, number 19, New York, N.Y.: F[rederick] Leypoldt, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 38, column 1

Forms of zhlubby

comparativezhlubbier
comparativemore zhlubby
superlativezhlubbiest
superlativemost zhlubby

Questions about zhlubby

What is zhlubby the alternative spelling of?
Zhlubby is the alternative spelling of schlubby.

Words near zhlubby in the dictionary

  1. Zhitomir
  2. Zhivago
  3. Zhivagos
  4. Zhivar
  5. zhlub
  6. zhlubby
  7. zhlubs
  8. Zhmerynka
  9. Zhmiivka
  10. Zhmud
  11. Zhmuds

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