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Saturday & Sunday Word: Schlemiel & Schlemazel
schle•miel or shle•miel (ʃləˈmiːl):
origin: (1890–95) Yiddish; shlemil, Hebrew shəlumī'ēl= Shelumiel, a Biblical figure.
noun
A foolish person who always seems to louse things up.
shli·ma·zel or schli·ma·zel (ʃlɪˈmɑ zəl):
origin: (1945–50) Yiddish; shlim= bad (Middle High German slimp= wrong) + mazl= luck
noun
A person seemingly cursed with bad luck and/or poor timing.
Alternatively: The schlemiel always spills the soup and the schlemazel always gets spilled upon.
origin: (1890–95) Yiddish; shlemil, Hebrew shəlumī'ēl= Shelumiel, a Biblical figure.
noun
A foolish person who always seems to louse things up.
shli·ma·zel or schli·ma·zel (ʃlɪˈmɑ zəl):
origin: (1945–50) Yiddish; shlim= bad (Middle High German slimp= wrong) + mazl= luck
noun
A person seemingly cursed with bad luck and/or poor timing.
Alternatively: The schlemiel always spills the soup and the schlemazel always gets spilled upon.
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Tom & Jerry?
Jerry Lewis?
The Germans?! :P
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I especially loved it a few years ago when a fight broke out in a sports game I was watching on telly and the commentator repeatedly referred to the fight as a "schmozzle". A much, much nicer word than "handbags".