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schlemiel

noun
/ʃləˈmiːl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שלימיל (shlimil).

  1. borrowed from שלימיל

Definitions

  1. A loser or a fool.

    • On Jewish Heritage Day, there was ample time to debate whether the Mets are schlemiels or schlimazels with the home team down 8-1 after five. Fans were given shirts that read “Let’s Go Mets” in Hebrew, but “Oy vey!” was more appropriate.
    • In that series, creator/writer/star Dildarian played the titular Tim, a 20-something laconic schlemiel living in New York with his girlfriend, Amy — a “Curb Your Enthusiasm”-type existence peppered with awkward situations.

  2. A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for schlemiel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA