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schlimazel

noun
/ʃləˈmɑːzəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שלימזל (shlimazl), from Middle High German slim (“crooked”) and Hebrew מזל (mazzāl, “luck”)

  1. borrowed from שלימזל

Definitions

  1. A chronically unlucky person.

    • I must have pressed two buttons at once, he decided; jammed the works and got this schlimazl’s eye view of reality.
    • 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.
    • Hertz is an early contender for Wall Street’s schlimazel of the decade, the big unlucky lemon that just can’t seem to get anything right.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for schlimazel. 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