shlumps

Unkempt idle people

Shlumps is the plural of shlump, a Yiddish-derived word for a slovenly, unkempt, or lazy person—someone who shuffles through life without much energy or care for appearances: A couple of shlumps in sweatpants were blocking the aisle.

The verb shlump means to move sluggishly or slouch around.

Also spelled schlumps.

laziness

loafs

Spends time idly

vegetates · couch potato · slacker · bum · layabout · dawdles · putters · mooches · wastes time · procrastinates

posture

slouches

Stands or sits droopily

shuffles · lumbers · plods · drags · wilts · stoops · shambles · trudges · mopes · lolls

frumpy

disheveled

Untidy in appearance

rumpled · schlubby · bedraggled · slovenly · shabby · wrinkled · baggy · ill-fitting · schleppy · unfashionable

Opposites
ambition and drive

shlumpsgo-getters

Ambitiously proactive people

dynamos · achievers · hustlers · strivers · self-starters

appearance and grooming

shlumpsfashionistas

Devoted followers of trends

clotheshorses · dandies · metrosexuals · sophisticates

energy and vitality

shlumpslive wires

Highly energetic people

fireballs · sparkplugs · dynamos · energizers · bundles of energy

Family

shlump

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Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G