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schlimazel
Sometimes ²õ³¦³ó±ô¾±Â·³¾²¹³ú±ô,
Or ²õ³ó±ô¾±Â·³¾²¹Â·³ú±ð±ô
Or ²õ³ó±ô¾±Â·³¾²¹Â·³ú±ð±ô
[shli-mah-zuhl]
noun
Slang.
an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
That poor schlimazel failed the driver's test for the fourth time—if he's lucky enough to ever get his license, his car will probably die.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of schlimazel1
First recorded in 1945–50; from Yiddish, from shlim “bad, evil†(compare German schlimm “bad, evil, wrongâ€) + mazl “luck†(from Hebrew ³¾²¹³ú³úÄå±ô “constellation, destiny, luckâ€; mazel tov ( def. ) )
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Example Sentences
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Ms. Williams and Marshall’s chant of “schlemiel, schlimazel†as they skipped together became a cultural phenomenon and oft-invoked piece of nostalgia.
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In Yiddish, is he a schlemiel or a a schlimazel, eh?
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“Unlike Menashe in the film, I’m not a schlimazel by nature. Maybe just a schlimazel by situation.â€
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Herzog is a comic figure, a holy fool, a schlimazel with a Ph.D.
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