The English word slob, denoting “an untidy, sloppy, or lazy person,” derives from the Irish Gaelic word slab, which means “mud.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Slob’s Irish Origin”
My light bulb moment for this week was learning that the Irish Gaelic word slob, S-L-A-B, means mud. It was adopted into English as slob, S-L-O-B, and in the 18th and 19th century, slob meant mud, especially soft mud on the seashore.
And the name for this oozy, muddy land was later applied to people who were untidy or dull or lazy. Slob.
So the original Irish-Galic word is what? Slob, S-L-A-B.
And it meant? It meant ooze or mud.
Interesting. Nice. I didn’t know that. How about that? That’s my light bulb moment for the week.
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