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schli·ma·zel
/
ʃlɪˈmɑ
zəl
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noun
Slang
.
an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
Also,
schli·mazl,
shlimazel
,
shlimazl.
Origin:
1945–50;
<
Yiddish,
equivalent to
shlim
bad (compare
Middle High German
slimp
wrong) +
mazl
luck <
Modern Hebrew
mazzāl
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Schlimazel
is always a great word to know.
So is
stoked
. Does it mean:
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schmuck
. Does it mean:
So is
phenom
. Does it mean:
not working, completely messed up, bungled, confused
exhilarated, excited
speech or writing that is false or worthless; rubbish
an obnoxious or contemptible person
to understand thoroughly and intuitively
a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy
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schlimazel
noun
(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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