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Mosca Posted 18 years ago
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"schlump" vs "slump"

0Do the verbs "schlump" and "slump" have anything to do with each other? 00Any relation there? The origin in Norweigan I'm not familiar with as it would normally signify something “done by random” (randomize) .. I originally saw schlump in a Douglas Coupland novel: “I schlumped back to my room”. 02br
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00 01b00schlump Definition 02b00☆00 00schlump00 (00s00̸00hlump00) 00noun02br
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  1. 00a person who is stupid, foolish, inept, boring, etc. 02li
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  2. 00one who is sloppily or poorly dressed02li
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00intransitive verb00Slang00 to go about lazily, sluggishly, or poorly dressed00 01b00slump02b00 (00slŭmp00) 00 01i00ntr.v.02i00, 01b00slumped02b00, 01b00slump·ing02b00, 01b00slumps02b00. 01ol
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  1. 00To fall or sink heavily; collapse: 01i00She slumped, exhausted, onto the sofa.02i00 02li
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  2. 00To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch. 02li
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    1. 00To decline suddenly; fall off: 01i00Business slumped after the holidays.02i00 02li
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    2. 00To perform poorly or inadequately: 01i00The team has been slumping for a month.02i02li
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    1. 00To sink or settle, as into mud or slush. 02li
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    2. 00To slide down or spread out thickly, as mud or fresh concrete.02li
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  1. 00The act or an instance of slumping. 02li
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  2. 00A drooping or slouching posture: 01i00read defeat in the slump of his shoulders.02i00 02li
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  3. 00A sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business: 01i00a stock market slump; a slump in farm prices.02i00 02li
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  4. 00An extended period of poor performance, especially in a sport or competitive activity: 01i00a slump in a batting average.02i00 02li
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  5. 00See 01a01b00grunt02b02a00 (sense 5).02li
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00[Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian 01i00slumpa02i00, to slump.]00 00 01b00droop02b00 (00drūp00) 02br
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01i00v.02i00, 01b00drooped02b00, 01b00droop·ing02b00, 01b00droops02b00. 01i00v.intr.02i00 01ol
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  1. 00To bend or hang downward: 01i00“His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls”02i00 (Gore Vidal). 02li
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  2. 00To bend or sag gradually: 01i00flowers drooping in the midday heat.02i00 02li
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  3. 00To sag in dejection or exhaustion: 01i00drooped from lack of sleep.02i02li
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01i00v.tr.02i00 00To let bend or hang down: 01i00“He drooped his body over the rail”02i00 (Norman Mailer).01i00n.02i00 00The act or condition of drooping.00[Middle English 01i00droupen02i00, from Old Norse 01i00drūpa02i00.]00 00 02br
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02br 01b 01i 00Slump02i 02b 00, as you can see, is Scandinavian; 01b 01i 00schlump02i 02b 00's origin: 00"1950–55, 00Americanism00; 00prob. of expressive origin". No likely connection.

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  • 02br 01b 01i 00Slump02i 02b 00, as you can see, is Scandinavian; 01b 01i 00schlump02i 02b 00's origin: 00"1950–55, 00Americanism00; 00prob.
  • of expressive origin".
  • No likely connection.
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01b01i00Slump02i02b00, as you can see, is Scandinavian; 01b01i00schlump02i02b00's origin: 00"1950–55, 00Americanism00; 00prob. of expressive origin". No likely connection. What is your concern about01i00 droop02i00?0-
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0 Could "schlump" be some kind of faux Yiddish? There's ******* and schlepp - this sounds like it could be a portmanteau of those two.0-
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01cite10Delmobile12cite10faux Yiddish?12blockquote
10 That was my first guess. But I think it's real Yiddish.02br
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00Main Entry:00 00schlump00 00Pronunciation:00 00\00ˈ00shləmp\00 00Function:01i00noun02i
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01cite10Mosca12cite11span10Do the verbs "schlump" and "slump" have anything to do with each other? 12span11span10Any relation there?12span12blockquote
10 Hard to say without some research. slump came from a Germanic word schlump,
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0Really interesting - this is of special interest to me as I'm scandinavian - and I keep coming across words (often in Couplands novels) which I think are examples of a kind of casual vocabulary - that I've never heard before in english but which sound kind of scandinavian to me. 02br
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00The example above of the sound immitating 'falling into water' verb appears in a norw
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01cite10Mosca12cite10I don't know Yiddish but it sure seems to be very similar to german12blockquote
10 Yes. It may be considered either a dialect of German, or, according to others, a separate language. It is essentially German to which Hebrew and even some Slavic words have been added. It is written in Hebrew cha
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10It is essentially German to which Hebrew and even some Slavic words have been added. It is written in Hebrew characters. 12blockquote
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00Hebrew characters? I've seen a LOT of Yiddish peppered through dialogue in my life, but never in Hebrew. Of course, usually foreign words get their phoe
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0 Odd, but true.02br
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00Note that there a few images in the right margin that show Yiddish as it is actually written.02br
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