schlemazel


schlemazel

slang An unfortunate or unlucky person; someone for whom nothing goes right. From Yiddish. My poor uncle was a bit of a shlimazel his whole life. Nothing ever seemed to go right for him. I'm such a schlemazel! I finally saved up enough money to buy a new suit, and it gets caught on the door frame and rips the very first time I wear it.

schlemazel

and schlemozzle and shlimazl (ʃləˈmɑzlæ) n. an awkward, bumbling person; a loser. (Yiddish.) And this poor schlemazel tries to get me to help him paint his fence!