SCHLUMPS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

schlumps

noun

plural of schlump, slang

as in schnooks

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Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
And then there’s the culture of the scientists, and these idiots can’t read Dickens.

— David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026

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After embarking on the quest to bring back dodos, the company also teamed up with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to create native habitats in which the bird survived before its extinction.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Colossal's de-extinction projects now span dodos, dire wolves, mammoths, and moas.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025

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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of morons

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In Boston, each of the new 425-square-foot wellness rooms at the Dagny has a Peloton bike and a Technogym bench stuffed with dumbbells, elastic bands, and knuckle weights.

— Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2026
That force can come from free weights, like dumbbells or barbells, machines, resistance bands, or gravity via your own bodyweight.

— Jenessa Connor, HEALTH, 17 Aug. 2026

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In a secluded bubble away from the city, Stephen Miller’s wife treats Washington’s most powerful to custom cakes, live donkeys, and sake-squirting hibachi chefs.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
While reporting on wolves attacking livestock in Northern California, I was stunned to learn some shepherds put donkeys in their pastures to ward off predators.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of donkeys

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