Mary L. Trump

At home - where my grandmother certainly had to deal with Donald more than my grandfather did because he was at work all the time - he was incredibly disrespectful to her. He didn't listen to her. He was a slob. He tormented - in one way or another, I think he tormented all of his siblings.

American Psychologist

Christopher Reeve

My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He's great. As he brought up me and my brothers and sisters, he ingrained in us that your appearance is not your responsibility, other than that you should not be a slob.

American Actor

Jerry Lewis

When you get a question like, 'Did you like meeting Her Majesty?' 'No, I thought she was a slob.' I mean, what are you going to say... The mischief comes into me when I'm doing a Q&A, I'm 9 years old again. I don't get mad. I do get offended.

American Comedian

Matthew Hussey

He's more of a slob than you? Instead of condemning, state your standards: 'I need to live in a place that's clean. I respect that it's not a big deal to you, but it's important to me to enjoy my home.' This removes ego.

British Celebrity

Judah Friedlander

I think I've proven with my career that I can play a wide variety of characters. Yet, I still get typecast as the crazy slob guy. That's how it always works.

Jenny Eclair

I'm a schizophrenic mix of wannabe glamourpuss and absolute slob, and my style is very much magistrate-meets-barmaid.

Comedian

Monica Keena

I'm the biggest slob in the world. My apartment is a mess.

American Actress

Shirley MacLaine

Willie Nelson

American Musician

Patricia Heaton

Used to negatively describe someone's habits, especially laziness or untidiness.

Negative Connotation

Common in spoken English among friends, but too informal for professional settings.

Colloquial Usage

While it can be used humorously among friends, it may be offensive if misused.

Avoid In Insults

Used to describe landscapes in Ireland, unfamiliar to people from other places.

Ireland Specific

Unlike the first definition, in Ireland, 'slob' is neutral and describes a type of land.

Not Always Negative

When learning English, note that some words can have very local meanings like this one.

Geographic Relevance

 or "I don't want people to think I am a slob." Either way, the fact that we all chose to wear business casual clothing, as opposed to our favorite pair of sweatpants, is not a silly coincidence. Instead, it reveals two defining human characteristics.

When do kids start to...

 We have become linguistic slobs, churning out "good" and "bad" wherever we are too lazy to allow our minds to communicate with creativity and specification. You look good, you sound bad, this tastes good, the weather looks bad. Lie after lie,

The case against "good"...

 here comes the rain being such a slob of a man afraid to be concerned about the

Slob

Negative Connotation

Colloquial Usage

Avoid In Insults

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