schlump

or shlump

[ shloomp ]

noun

1. a dull, colorless person.
2. a slovenly person; slob.

verb (used without object)

1. to loaf or idle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schlump¹

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; probably of expressive origin

Example Sentences

That’s a good thing, because this Trump — already a schlump with rage issues played by Sebastian Stan with jowly prosthetics — is, if not quite the worst of all Trumps, still a pretty awful one.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, he is free to go Full Schlump, in worn jeans and newish Nikes, and play his beloved Grateful Dead to welcome audiences.

From Washington Post

Now, he is free to go Full Schlump, in worn jeans and newish Nikes, and play his beloved Grateful Dead to welcome audiences.

From Seattle Times

Best known from his many film, television and voice-over performances as a twinkling human Yoda, he writes himself into his plays as a schlump concealing a shiv.

From New York Times

The strangulated gurgle of a slashed throat, the wet schlump of an axe hitting a skull, the gloopy splatter of a shotgun blast to the torso.

From The Guardian