English
schlump
Schlump comes from Yiddish שלומפּ ‘stupid, foolish, or inept person’.
- Yiddishmodernשלומפּshlump‘stupid, foolish, or inept person’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009schlump
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Yiddishmodernשלומפּshlump‘stupid, foolish, or inept person’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009schlump
Earliest quotation: 2009, J. Courtney Sullivan, Dating Up: Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man: “Leave the schlumps behind. You can't hope to find…”
Every English word from Yiddish שלומפּ
Today it means
noun Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish שלומפּ / schlump