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schlimazel

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schli·ma·zel also shli·ma·zel  (shl-mäzl)
n. Slang
An extremely unlucky or inept person; a habitual failure.
[Yiddish shlimazl, bad luck, unlucky person : Middle High German slimp, wrong + Yiddish mazl, luck (from Late Hebrew mazzl; see mazel tov).]
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Noun1.schlimazel - (Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everything
shlimazel
Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
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2086) Like other typical Schlimazel antiheroes, Tommy wavers in his decisions, and then seems magnetically drawn to the most self-defeating response.
Reflections on self-reflexiveness in literature by Maas, David F. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
One learned, for example, how to distinguish between the schlemiel and his ever-present cousin the schlimazel, and the lengths that a schnorrer ("shameless beggar") would go to wangle a meal.
Yiddish: A Nation of Words. (Books: life in Yiddishland) by Pinsker, Sanford / New Criterion
 
 
 
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