Meanings
plural slebs
- slangslightly derogatoryA celebrity.
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.
2000 January 19, "nerdboy mikey", “Re: What celebrity would you like for a friend?”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet)2 more examples
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.
2002 February 17, Susannah Herbert, “Naomi the sleb martyr”, in The TelegraphNow 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?
2010 April 19, Kevin Jones, “Celebrity skinned? Not in 1963”, in The Sydney Morning Herald
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
A slurring of celeb, itself a shortening of celebrity
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sleb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleb
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