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Sleb vs Slub - What's the difference?

sleb | slub |

As nouns the difference between sleb and slub

is that sleb is (slightly|derogatory) a celebrity while slub is a small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.

As a verb slub is

to draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.

sleb

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slightly, derogatory) a celebrity.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
  • , year=2000 , date=January 19 , author="nerdboy mikey" , title=Re: What celebrity would you like for a friend? , newsgroup=alt.gossip.celebrities citation , passage=It's easy to recall who I hate, but I'm generally pretty friendly, so I can't think of any particularly sleb that I'd like to be friends with more than another.}}
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  • , year=2002 , date=February 17 , author=Susannah Herbert , title=Naomi the sleb martyr , work=The Telegraph citation , passage=With an enormous silver cross swinging from a chain around her neck, she has cast herself as the ultimate sleb martyr, sacrificing what remains of her dignity and reputation so that others may enjoy theirs.}}
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2010 , date=April 19 , author=Kevin Jones , title=Celebrity skinned? Not in 1963 , work=The Sydney Morning Herald citation , passage=Now in out sleb -obsessed 21st century world, can you imagine Lady G getting away with a court appearance, a conviction, a fine and a year's driving ban with just about no fanfare?}}

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    slub

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
  • Sludge.
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  • Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.
  • Verb

  • To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.
  • References

    *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.